Craps does at times seem like a rather complicated game to pick up, but it is in fact rather easy once you get the hang of things. Casino Craps involves playing against the house, and essentially whoever is “shooting”, i.e. throwing the dice, continues to shoot until they loose. The game begins with the “come out” roll, where the shooter rolls the two dice. If the shooter rolls a 7 or 11, they win, if they roll 2,3 or 12 they have gotten Craps and lost. If the shooter rolls any other number then they get a point and must try to get another before they roll a 7. If they do this, that's a win and they keep rolling, if not, they lose and the dice are handed to the next player.

Craps traveled across the Atlantic to America as early as the first settlers on the Mayflower. It also made its way to America with the French, who started the colony of Acadia in the 1700's. In the mid 1700's, the British conquered Acadia and renamed it Nova Scotia. The French were pushed out and went to settle in Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns, and carried on playing the dice game that they called "Crebs." Eventually the Cajuns also began calling the game Craps and that is how it is still known today.

The father of the modern craps game is a 19th-century American named John H. Winn. Winn's great achievement was to change the craps rules so that a player could bet either with the shooter or against the shooter. This rule change eliminated the problem of loaded dice, since loading the dice no longer conferred any advantage on the casino. Winn also devised the modern craps table, with its plush felt covering and its intricate grid for placing the various craps bets.

Playing Craps online has a number of advantages. One is that there are no other players at the craps table to annoy you. Another is that when you play Craps in an online casino, there is no worry of crooked dice or any form of cheating. All good online casinos are monitored by regulatory bodies and will not allow any foul play. The introduction and development of the Random Number Generator has helped increase the popularity of online casino games, especially online craps.

At the same time, the development of online banking methods has made gambling real money over the internet safe and secure. These factors, along with the convenience of playing in the comfort of your own home and the amazing computer graphics that are available today, have made playing online craps extremely popular.