Crabs is a dice game which is played with two six-sided dice. The name of the game originates from the English term "crab-eating", which means that the players try to roll a pair of dice having the same number in both throws. In the Bahamas, the game is played in much the same way as elsewhere. The key difference lies in the fact that the game uses a Bahamian "house edge" which is a factor by which the house advantage in the game is adjusted.
Players take turns rolling the two dice. The first roll of the dice, which is known as the "come-out roll", decides how the players proceeds. A roll of either two, three or twelve results in a losing roll. If the player rolls a seven or an eleven, they immediately win. Any other number becomes the players "point number" and the intention is to roll that number on a subsequent roll without rolling a seven or eleven. If this happens, the player then wins. If a seven is rolled before the point number, the player loses.