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Poker
Craps There are several different
versions of poker, including
Often the most fun game on the floor, craps offers a sense of camaraderie because players video poker, played in Las Vegas
are betting either with or against the “shooter” (whoever has the dice) on what the next casinos. It is important to know
number rolled will be. The aim of the shooter’s first roll, or “coming out,” is to make 7 or 11 the hierarchy of poker hands to
in any combination (say 3/4, 5/6) to win. A roll of 2, 3, or 12 is craps; everyone loses, and the play any of these: starting with
a pair as the lowest hand, and a
shooter rolls the dice again. If a total of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 is rolled, this becomes the “point” royal flush as the highest.
number, and the shooter must roll this number again before rolling a 7 to win. Craps
etiquette says that you put your money on the table rather than handing it to the dealer; Caribbean Stud Poker
wooden holders around the table will keep your chips. Always roll with one hand; the dice
must hit the end of the table. All betting and laying down of chips must be completed A type of five-card stud poker
before the next roll. played on a table with a layout
like a blackjack table, where the
aim is to beat the dealer. There A croupier setting up roulette in a private gaming room
is a progressive jackpot where
winnings increase according to that will come up on the spin which hand will be closest to 9:
a player’s hand. Players win all or of the wheel. Bets are placed the player’s or the banker’s.
part of a progressive jackpot on the table, which has a grid You can bet on either hand.
with a Royal Flush, Straight marked out with the numbers
Flush, Four of a Kind, Full and a choice of betting Keno
House, or Flush. options. The highest
payout odds are 35 to 1 One of the easiest games to play,
for a straight bet on one keno is a close relative of bingo.
Pai Gow Poker
number such as 10 black. Out of the 80 numbers on a keno
Combining the ancient You can also make a “split ticket, players may choose up to
Chinese game of Pai Gow bet” on two numbers, 20. A range of bets is possible,
with American poker, this which pays 17 to 1 if and winning depends on your
game includes a joker in either number comes chosen numbers coming up.
the standard 52-card pack. up. The most popular The prize depends on the
The joker is used as an ace Casino poker bets are the outside amount of numbers matched.
or to complete a straight or chips ones, which are those
Craps table seen from above, showing the various boxes and areas for the many bets flush. Each player has to placed in the boxes
make the best two-card and outside the numbered grid.
Bets
The Come Bet five-card hand possible to beat These only pay even money,
Craps can seem confusing, as there appears to be a lot going This is an optional bet you can the banker’s two hands. but allow you to cover more
on at any one time; this is largely due to the wide variety of bets make during the game, when numbers such as Odd or Even,
it is possible to lay. If you are a beginner, the following bets are your money comes to the next Red or Black, First 18 Numbers,
the best ones to lay. number that rolls. For example; Texas Hold ‘Em or Second 18 Numbers. You
if the point is 6, you make a This is the most popular form can also make a Column Bet A screen showing a keno game in progress
point number is rolled, the come bet, and the shooter of poker played in the poker covering 12 numbers, which at Circus Circus
shooter has to throw the same rolls an 8. Your come bet rooms of Las Vegas casinos. It pays 2 to 1.
number before he rolls another “comes” to the 8, and now is also the game of the famous Race and Sports Book
7. Since there are more ways to you have two numbers in World Series of Poker that is
roll a 7 than any point number, play. You can also take odds held each year at the Rio. Baccarat Giant video screens adorn
it pays to take the odds once on a come bet. Players are dealt two cards and A variation of chemin de fer, these areas of the casino,
the shooter has a point, which they must make their best hand baccarat is played at a leisurely where you can bet on almost
means placing an additional The Place Bet from five communal cards dealt pace with eight decks of cards, the any sport. The race book is for
bet behind your pass line bet. Another way of getting face up on the table. deal rotating from player to player. betting on thoroughbred horse
This will pay you the true additional numbers is by The object of the game is to guess racing and features live
house odds if the shooter rolls making a place bet. In this coverage from
Laying bets during a craps game at his point. The odds change case, you simply pick the Roulette racetracks across the
Caesars Palace according to the number, so number you want and make This is quite a simple game US. The sports book
check with the dealer first. a place bet on that number. but with a great variety of covers the main
The Pass Line Bet The advantage of place bets bets. A ball is spun on a wheel sporting events
With this one you are basically The Don’t Pass Bet is that you pick the number containing numbers 1 to 36 taking place around
betting that the shooter will This is the opposite of a pass yourself and you can remove divided equally between red the country, as
roll a 7/11 on the first roll in line bet. The aim here is for the your bet at any time. The and black, plus a single and well as the major
order for you to win. The odds shooter to lose by throwing a 2 disadvantage is that the a double zero, colored green. tournaments staged
at this point are even, so if or 3 on the first roll, or by rolling casino charges you from Each player’s chips are a in Las Vegas itself.
you do win you get the same a losing 7, which happens before 50 cents to $1 for each $5 different color so they can be Watch the progress
amount you laid down. If a he makes his point number. bet you place. easily identified on the table. of your team on the
The aim is to guess the number Two cards in each hand of baccarat nearby TVs.
The flame-colored hoodoos of Bryce Canyon

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