Okay, so you want to hit the craps tables, but you don't understand the game. The Casino Gambling Examiner (JSTAT) reveals how to play craps. JSTAT is a former craps dealer who has dealt in Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. Here is the script of the video...
In the vicinity of the craps table, one might hear from the stickman, "Our Father who art in Heaven, may this next roll please be yo-eleven" before giving the dice to the shooter. Dealing craps was fun because the players blamed the shooter, not the dealers. The shooters are rotated clock-wise after each 7 out. The shooter retains the dice if the point is rolled. The puck in front of the dealers indicates when it is a come out roll. When the puck is not on a number and off to the dealers side, make your bet on the pass line. Seven or eleven we win and two, three, or twelve we lose. Eleven will never hurt us, but seven is a double edge sword. A point is established if these numbers are not rolled. A point can be 4,5,6,8,9,or 10 depending on which number is rolled. We had the advantage with the come out roll with 8 ways to win and four ways to lose, so we are stuck with the point win or lose. This is a contract bet now and we are not allowed to take the money off the table until the point is rolled again without the dreaded seven. The house advantage on the pass line bet is 1.41% or seven cents for every five dollars wagered. Play on crowded tables to lose less and take odds with the point. Odds are the mathematical probabilities to hit a point. The odds bet is placed behind the pass line and payoff is at true odds or free odds where no casino advantage exists. We are paid two to one with a point of 4 or 10 and three to two with a point of 5 or 9 and 6 to 5 with a point of 6 and 8. Always set a loss limit and don't go on tilt by peeling more money or run to a ATM machine after a drubbing. And if you win, consider yourself lucky and pocket your winnings.
