Craps has come to Massachusetts with the opening of MGM Springfield back in August.

I have not been there yet. It is about 100 miles from where I live, so I’m not certain when I will get a chance to go. I did speak to them by phone and they said they have at least one craps table open 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

I thought it would be interesting to share the official Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s rules regarding craps:

https://massgaming.com/wp-content/uploa … 2-1-18.pdf

Some things I noticed:

A gaming establishment may offer up to 100x odds.

A gaming establishment may offer the Fire Bet or Hot Roller Wager but not both.

Fire Bet will use one of two pay tables. Table A is 24 to 1, 249 to 1, 999 to 1. Table B is 39 to 1, 199 to 1, 499 to 1.

“Hot roller wager is a supplemental wager that may only be made prior to the come out roll of a new shooter, which wager shall win if all combinations for at least two of the numbers (points) 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 is thrown before any 7 is thrown, and shall lose if any 7 is thrown before all combinations of any two of the points are thrown."

A gaming establishment may offer the Small, Tall, All bets

The rules for throwing the dice are pretty standard:

"Upon selection of the dice, the shooter shall make a Pass or Don’t Pass Bet after which he/she shall throw the two selected dice so that they leave his/her hand simultaneously and in a manner calculated to cause them to strike the end of the table farthest from him/her."

But the casino has very wide latitude in calling a "No Roll":

"(4) For any other reason the craps boxperson or stickperson, or the mini-craps dealer or stickperson considers the throw to be improper."

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