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Craps Games: The Variations

Online Craps games are extremely interesting to play and with some knowledge about how the game is played, you can be a winner all the way. But did you know that there are several variations of craps games as well? Yes! The popularity of online craps has ensured that this game is played online more than ever before but not just the original craps but the variations too. Let us take a look into the variations of online craps games that are popular today.

Bank Craps

Bank craps is a variation of the original craps game and is sometimes known as Las Vegas Craps. This variant is quite popular in Nevada gambling houses but it’s available online has now made it a globally played game. Bank craps uses a special table layout and all the bets have to be made against the house. One of the strange aspects of this game is that the dice has to be thrown over a wire or a string that is normally stretched just a few inches from the table’s surface. If you are playing this online then you will not be able to see the wire.

The overall house edge in this variation is around 1.4%.

Crapless Craps

This is also known as Bastard craps. Unusual name for an unusual game! This is actually a simple version of the original craps and is normally played as an online private game. The basic difference between crapless craps and original craps is that in the former, the shooter (person throwing the dice) is at a far greater disadvantage and has a house edge of 5.38%. The second difference is that this is one of the craps games in which you can bet on getting a 2, 3, 11 or 12 before a 7 is thrown. In this game, 2 and 12 have odds of 11:2 and come with a house edge of 7.143% while 3 and 11 have odds of 11:4 and have a house edge of 6.25%.

Die Rich Craps

This is quite a recent version of the online craps games and is always played using a single dice.

Fading Craps, Open Craps, or Money Craps: All these three names are used for the same variation of the craps games. These games are normally considered to be games involving big money. Most of the time, this game will be played privately – online or offline. This game involves specific bets made against the person taking the bet and this person is also called the book. The book gets to keep a specific percentage of the total amount of money (5%-7%) gambled and this is called vigorish. In the online and offline gaming circuit, fading craps or money craps is considered as an illegal game. The bets in this type of game can only be made using cash and the stakes can be higher than the house limits.

The fading craps table will always consist of a Win Line, Lose Line, and box numbers of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10.

High Point Craps

This is a version of the original Craps game and the highlight of this game is that the initial roll of a 2 or a 3 is always ignored. If you roll out a 2 then you will have to roll again till you get another total. If you roll out 11 or 12 then you will win automatically. If you roll out any other total then it will be considered as a point and you will be back rolling again and this time you will need to throw a total that is higher than 11 or 12. Your house edge in this craps games variation will be 2.35%.

New York Craps

This is one of the variations of the craps games that is played only around the Eastern coast of the USA and that’s where the name comes from. History states that this game was actually found and played in casinos in Yugoslavia, the UK and the Bahamas. One of the highlights of this game is the house edge, which is greater than Las Vegas craps or Bank craps. The table layout is however different in New York craps vis-à-vis Las Vegas craps and the table is called double-end-dealer. It is different from the original craps games in several ways but the primary difference is that New York craps doesn’t allow Come or Don’t Come bets. So if you are playing this game then you will need to bet on box numbers like 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10.

The overall house edge in New York craps is 5%.

Simplified Craps

This is one of the craps games where you can win by throwing 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 or 12 but if you throw 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, you will lose. The only point of concern in this variation of online craps is that you will always have an overall house edge of 2.8%, which is a disadvantage.

Scarney Craps

This version of the craps games was developed by John Scarne, a gambling expert. This craps game doesn’t have ‘Come’ and ‘Don’t Come bets’ and there are no house percentage charges involved in right bets.