Craps
game of dice.
Information to
play craps online of off. Craps is one of the most
popular casino dice games in all casinos.
Common terms
used in the game of craps.
- Bones-
another term for the dice
- Box
Cars- a roll of the dice that equals 12 points
- Cold
Table- tables which the shooters are not making
their points
- Come
Out Roll- first roll of the dice
- Craps
Numbers- 2,3, 12
- Field
Bet- one roll bet in which the next number is a
2,3,4,9,10,11, or 12
- Hard
Numbers- The 4, 6, 8 or 10 when rolled with the seam
numbers showing on the paid of dice. Such as if the
face of the dice is rolled as a 2 and 2 this is
considered a hard 4
- Line
Away- Term used for Pass- Line bettors when the
shooter throws craps ( 2, 3 or 12 ) on the come out
roll. This is a automatic loser for bets on the pass
line.
- Little
Joe - the roll or the dice that equals 4
- One
roll bet- a bet that a specific number will come up
on the next roll
- Point
Numbers The numbers 4,5,6,8,9
- Right
Betters- those players who bet with the shooter that
he will roll the point number before rolling a 7
- Seven
Out- when a 7 is rolled before a point number is
made.
-
Shooter- the person throwing the dice
- Snake
Eyes- the roll of the dice which equals 2
-
Throwing Craps- the roll of 2,3,or 12 on the come
out roll.
-
Throwing A Natural- rolling a 7 or 11 on the come
out roll ( pass line better is a automatic winner )
- Vig -
the house commissions taken on certain bets
-
Working Bet- A bet that is active
- Wrong
Bettors- those players who bet against the shooter
that he will roll the number 7 before rolling his
point number
- "Yo
Eleven"- An expression calling for the number 11 on
the next roll of the dice.
These
terms were brought to you by Peter Svoboda the
writer of "Beating the casinos at their own game."