Crapless Craps
Crapless Craps (also called Never Ever Craps or Ruse Craps) is another variant of traditional Craps game. For the first time the game appeared in 80s and was changing some aspects of traditional Craps to lower the possibility of losing from the come out roll.
Crapless Craps: characteristics
The main difference between the Crapless Craps and ordinary Craps is the rule that void the loss when 2,3 or 12 is rolled on the come out roll. At Crapless Craps that becomes the point number.
The main reason why Crapless Craps became popular is the chance to win or at least not to lose on the come out roll. Sounds optimistic, doesn’t it? But in return you lose the opportunity to win when on the come out roll you roll an 11. If you think that it is too good to be true, you are right. So before you start playing Crapless Craps think over all the disadvantages of this game. Maybe they will make you change your mind.
First of all you should notice that unlike traditional Craps, Pass Line Bet in Crappless Craps has a house edge of 5.38% in comparison with 1.41%. Quite a difference, isn’t it? But it’s not all. Numbers 2, 3 and 12 that don’t let you lose are rarely rolled. For instance, you have only one in seven chance of rolling 2. Besides, you can’t make the Don’t Pass Line bet in this game.
Should I play Crapless Craps?
Crapless Craps is the game for the beginners. More than that, it is the game for the beginners who don’t know much about Craps mechanisms. That’s why it is known that this variant of traditional Craps is absolutely unpopular among experienced players. The house edge of 5.38% can’t lure a serious Craps player in spite of doubtful advantage from the rules.
As a result there were some attempts to solve the problem with controversial rules of Crapless Craps. And in the end someone came up with No Crap Craps method. It was going to keep all the advantages of Crapless Crap unchanged but at the same time set a house edge of 1.41 % as in ordinary Craps. Also you could play against the shooter with the chance to not to lose on the come out roll. Anyway, dedicated players will always choose a traditional Craps game. This game has shown itself for years and many people who like to play Craps don’t want to try anything different.
