Host a craps night on your TV

The table runs on the big screen. You don’t install anything on the TV: it’s a web page.

What you need

• A screen with a web browser. A smart TV’s browser, a laptop or computer plugged into a TV with HDMI, or just a laptop on the coffee table. The bigger the screen, the better the party.
• A phone for each player, up to eight. Players use their phone’s web browser, so nobody has to download anything.
• An internet connection. Players don’t have to be on the same Wi-Fi as the TV.

Open a table

1. On the TV, go to play.playcraps.tv.
2. You’ll see the table’s four-letter code and a QR code, and the Table settings. Pick the rules you want now, or leave the defaults.
3. Press Open the table. That turns on the sound and the stickman’s voice, and makes the table full screen.

The code and QR code stay on screen so players can join any time.

Get your friends in

Have everyone scan the QR code on the TV with their phone camera. It opens their seat at playcraps.tv, where they type a name and sit down. Or they can go to playcraps.tv and type the four-letter code. More in joining a table.

Play

Everyone bets from their phone. The table gives the dice to each player in turn. When it’s your roll, put a bet on the Pass Line (or Don’t Pass) on the come-out, pick two dice, and flick up on your phone to throw. The dice roll on the TV, and the stickman calls it.

New to craps? Keep how to play craps open on a phone. It takes five minutes, and the table teaches the rest as you go.

Fill the table with Regulars

Short on players? Seat a few Regulars, bots that each play one craps strategy, from Table settings. They bet, they shoot, and they give up their seat when a real player joins a full table. Meet them on The Regulars page.

Everything at the table is play money. No real-money gambling. Nothing is wagered or paid out.