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BASIC CASINO RULES
BLACKJACK
a. Early Surrender: allows you to give up or surrender
one half of your bet before the dealer looks at his
hole card and you’ve taken a hit. Good for situations
like your 15 or 16 versus the dealer’s exposed
10.
b. Late Surrender: a variation of the above. Allows
you to surrender one-half of your bet after the you
have taken one card or more, prior to the dealer exposing
his/her hole card.
c. Blackjack paid at 2-1: reduces the casino’s
edge by 2.2%. Not commonly found.
d. Double after split (DAS): commonly applied rule variation
that is very helpful to players.
e. Dealer stands on soft 17: only a .2% help for the
player, but good nonetheless.
f. Resplit of Aces: allows you to save a split ace hand
by splitting again. This same applies to other splits
as well.
CRAPS
Pass Line
A pass line bet is a bet placed before the come out
roll (i.e. the first roll of the dice in a new craps
round). A wager on the pass line wins immediately if
the come out roll is 7 or 11 (naturals), and loses if
the come out roll is 2, 3, or 12 (craps numbers). If
any other number (4,5, 6, 8, 9, or 10) is rolled, that
number becomes "the point." If the shooter
rolls the point again before rolling a 7, your pass
line bet wins. If the shooter rolls a 7 before rolling
the point again, your pass line bet loses.
Don’t Pass
Line
A don’t pass line bet is essentially the reverse
of a pass line bet, and is also placed before the come
out roll. If the shooter rolls 3 or 12 on the come out
roll, a don’t pass line bet wins immediately.
If, however, the come out roll is 7 or 11, don’t
pass line bets lose. If the come out roll is 2, a don’t
pass line bet is returned to the player in a push. If
the come out roll is 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, that number
becomes the point. Once the point has been established,
don’t pass line bets win if the shooter rolls
a 7 before rolling the point again. If the shooter rolls
the point again before rolling a 7, don’t pass
line bets lose.
Come
A come bet is placed before any roll of the dice, once
a point has been established by the come out roll. Come
bets win immediately if the shooter’s next roll
is 7 or 11, and lose if the roll is 2, 3, or 12. If
the shooter rolls 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, that number
becomes "the come point." If the shooter rolls
the come point again before rolling a 7, the come bet
wins.
Don’t Come
A don’t come bet is essentially the opposite of
a come bet. Don’t come bets win immediately when
the shooter’s next roll is 3 or 12, and lose if
the roll is 7 or 11. If the shooter rolls a 2, the bet
will be returned to the player in a push. After the
come point is established, don’t come bets win
if 7 is rolled and lose if the come point is rolled.
Odds
An odds bet is a "back up" bet on an original
pass line, don’t pass line, come, or don’t
come bet. Gold Club allows odds bets of three times
your original bets.
Field
A field bet is a bet that the next roll of the dice
will be either 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
Big Six and Big
Eight
A big six bet is a bet that 6 will be rolled before
7. Likewise, a big eight bet is a bet that 8 will be
rolled before 7.
Place Win
A place win bet is a bet that either 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
or 10 will be rolled before a seven.
Place Lose
A place lose bet is a bet that 7 will be rolled before
either 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10.
Buy
A buy bet is a bet that either 4, 6, 8, 9, or 10 will
be rolled before 7. A vigorish (vig.) of 5% is charged
when placing the buy bet.
Lay
A lay bet is a bet that 7 will be rolled before 4, 6,
8, 9, or 10. A 5% vig. is charged when placing the lay
bet.
Any 7
An "any 7" bet is a bet that the next roll
of the dice will be 7.
Any 11
An "any 11" bet is a bet that the next roll
of the dice will be 11.
Any Craps
An "any craps" bet is a bet that the next
roll of the dice will be 2, 3, or 12.
Horn
A horn bet is a bet that the next roll of the dice will
be either 2, 3, 11, or 12.
Hardway
A hardway bet is a bet that the shooter will roll either
a 4, 6, 8, or 10 as doubles (2+2, 3+3, 4+4, or 5+5)
before rolling a 7. Rolling a number by doubles is said
to be rolling the number "the hard way."
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