People around the table

[vegas40]

Some information on Craps:

There are exactly 4 persons actively running the craps game:



1. The "boxman", who sits behind the middle of the craps table, is the boss. He keeps a constant eye on the game.


2.& 3. The 2 dealers on each side of him pay off any winners and "rake" in the losers' chips. Each dealer handles all the craps participants on his side. The craps board is divided by the midpoint box of proposition bets and also by the "stickman", who stands on the participants' side of the craps desk.



4. The "stickman", who controls the action of the craps dice and the speed of the craps game. After seeing all craps bets are down, the stickman pushes a couple of sets of dice to the shooter. That participants selects a pair of dice and is set to throw them across the craps board so that they smack the wall at the far end. If, on the first roll, you nominate a 11 or 7, you've got a "natural" and you are the winner. What you win is the exact amount of chips you have bet on the pass line. If you roll a 2, 3 or 12 on your first pitch, that is called "craps" and you unfortunately lose. The dealer picks up your pass-line bet. However, the shooter does not relinquish the dice. He resumes to throw until he "sevens out". If, on the first throw, you shoot a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, that is your established "box point." The goal then is to maintain rolling the dice until you get that figure again. You lose, however, if you throw a seven prior to making your box point.

[VegasLuvsMe]

I have to admit I didn't realize there were four people controlling the craps table. I always thought there were only three.
Guess I didn't pay much attention since I haven't played craps.

Some day I may get a chance to play craps and when I do I think I will ask to be a shooter, just to see if I can get caught-up in the game like I do with blackjack or one of my other favorite table games.