Editing Craps (section)

===Craps table===
[[File:Craps table diagram.svg|thumb|center|upright=4|The layout of a craps table, sometimes called a ''double-side dealer''<ref name=Scarne74/>{{rp|108}}]]
Players use casino chips rather than cash to bet on the Craps "layout",<ref name=Scarne74/>{{rp|102}} a fabric surface which displays the various bets. The bets vary somewhat among casinos in availability, locations, and payouts. The tables roughly resemble bathtubs and come in various sizes.  In some locations, chips may be called [[casino token|checks, tokens, or plaques.]]

Against one long side is the casino's table bank: as many as two thousand casino chips in stacks of 20. The opposite long side is usually a long mirror.<ref name=Scarne74/>{{rp|107}} The U-shaped ends of the table have duplicate layouts and standing room for approximately eight players. In the center of the layout is an additional group of side bets which are used by players from both ends. The vertical walls at each end are usually covered with a rubberized target surface covered with small pyramid shapes to randomize the dice which strike them.  The top edges of the table walls have one or two horizontal grooves in which players may store their reserve chips.

[[File:Gambling games 3.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Two ''base dealers'' setting chips on a craps table at [[Harrah's Las Vegas]] (2011)]]
The table is run by up to four casino employees: a '''''boxman''''' seated (usually the only seated employee) behind the casino's bank, who manages the chips, supervises the dealers, and handles "coloring up" players (exchanging small chip denominations for larger denominations in order to preserve the chips at a table); two '''''base dealers''''' who stand to either side of the boxman and collect and pay bets to players around their half of the table; and a '''''stickman''''' who stands directly across the table from the boxman, takes and pays (or directs the base dealers to do so) the bets in the center of the table, announces the results of each roll (usually with a distinctive patter), and moves the dice across the layout with an elongated wooden stick.<ref name=Scarne74/>{{rp|107}}

Each employee also watches for mistakes by the others because of the sometimes large number of bets and frantic pace of the game. In smaller casinos or at quiet times of day, one or more of these employees may be missing, and have their job covered by another, or cause player capacity to be reduced.

Some smaller casinos have introduced "mini-craps" tables which are operated with only two dealers; rather than being two essentially identical sides and the center area, a single set of major bets is presented, split by the center bets. Responsibility of the dealers is adjusted: while the stickman continues to handle the center bets, it is the base dealer who handles all other bets (as well as cash and chip exchanges).

By contrast, in "street craps", there is no marked table and often the game is played with no back-stop against which the dice are to hit. Despite the name "street craps", this game is often played in houses, usually on an un-carpeted garage or kitchen floor. The wagers are made in cash, never in chips, and are usually thrown down onto the ground or floor by the players. There are no attendants, and so the progress of the game, fairness of the throws, and the way that the payouts are made for winning bets are self-policed by the players.<ref name="scarne">{{cite book |last1=Scarne |first1=John |author-link=John Scarne |title=Scarne's new complete guide to gambling |date=1986 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |sbn=671-21734-8 |lccn=74-11701 |edition=Fully rev., expanded, updated |url=https://archive.org/details/scarnesnewcomple0000scar_o7m6 |url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|274–276}}