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The game of craps peaked in popularity around the time of World War II.  The War was over but the movies depicting the War were just warming up.  The movies were shot in black and white in those days, and they featured such stars as Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Humphrey Bogart, and Frank Sinatra.  Even in the early 1960's, Hollywood was still churning out movies about World War II.  The stars at this time were Telly Savalis and Lee Marvin.  A major portion of the action in these movies occurred in casinos in exotic places such as Morocco.  The casino scene was an exciting one, and the action that was portrayed in the casino and in the events following the casino scene were always critical.  The subsequent scene was usually one of the key scenes of the movie, and the casino scene served as the table setter.

Casino Action Centered On the Craps Table 

The casino movie scenes in films about World War II always centered on the craps table. Again, the movie was shot in black and white, and the scene was even murkier in those days. There was plenty of billowing cigarette smoke, and soldiers would stand around the craps table rooting for the guy with the dice to roll a 7 or an 11. Inevitably, the shooter whether it was Bogie or Sinatra, would get on a roll. The movie directors would never have Lancaster roll the dice because he was always squeaky clean. In "Here to Eternity," Lancaster interrupts Sinatra just as he is getting hot with the dice. Craps was a great wartime game because it was mostly played among comrades waiting to get back to the wartime action. Craps was the most popular game in the casino at that time, but its peak time has passed!

Craps Today 

While the game of craps no longer holds the lofty position it once did in the casino, it still has a large and loyal following both in the casino parlors found on land and sea, and in the online casino gambling websites located on the Internet. Craps is a fast-paced game that features a number of ways to bet. One of the more popular bets at the craps table is called the Field Bet. This is a bet that on the next toss of the dice, one of the following numbers will result from that toss: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or a 12. If any of these numbers come up, you win. If any of the other numbers are rolled, you lose%u2026 Those numbers would be 5, 6, 7 or 8. The payoff on a field win is 1 to 1. The Field Bet is considered a safe bet at the craps table, although the casino still owns an advantage on this bet of 5.5%. Other bets on the game of craps, such as Proposition Bets and Betting on the 12, have really poor odds for the player. So, when you are at the craps table, our suggestion is to bet in the traditional manner on the shooter's roll of the dice.

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Craps is a table game whose popularity peaked in World War II.  Betting in the traditional manner, on the shooter, is still the best bet at the craps table.    

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