Craps is a game of chance and is played on a large sunken table with a pair of dice that are thrown by the “Shooter”. No, the “shooter” does not refer to an irate player who has lost all his money and is seeking revenge; in fact the player who is rolling the dice is called the "shooter". The game is played in rounds, with the first roll of a new round called the "come-out roll." I could make a comment about the later term, but would rather not. Popular amongst sailors, the objective is to bet whether the Shooter will roll a winning combination. Players bet on the outcome of the roll, or rolls, of the dice. Craps originates from an earlier English game known as “hazard”.
Perhaps Craps is so popular because it offers the best odds of all casino games of chance. It’s also glamorous and loads of fun! As seen in numerous films, a lady blowing on the shooter's dice before he rolls is supposed to bring good luck. In gambling, snake eyes is the outcome of rolling the dice in a game of Craps and getting only one pip on each die. The pair of pips resembles a pair of eyes, which is appended to the term 'snake' because of the long-standing association of this word with treachery and betrayal. Personally, I think this is unfair – the snake can be a loving, friendly animal. Because this is the lowest possible roll, and will often be a loser in many dice games, the term has been employed in a more general usage as a reference to bad luck.