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Over the years game expressions were spreading among players the same goes for this casino classic. Often expressions and words are standardized in English in games that are popular all over the world. Check out all the dice game Terms below and learn the meanings .

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Ace Deuce: a one-roll proposition bet, meaning you bet that the next roll will be a 3 (2 and 1 on the dice).
Aces: a proposition bet, you bet that the next roll will result in a 2 (in both). This bet is also known as ”snake eyes (Snake Eyes).
Action (Action): bets that are currently active on the table.
Advantage (advantage-percentage): the percentage that the casino has on a bet, i.e. the house edge.
Against the dice (contra o dado): when you bet on the “Don't pass” and “don't come”, you are betting that the 7 will be rolled before the point number, therefore against the dice.
Any craps (any dice): a proposition bet, you bet that the next roll will be a 2, 3 or 12. This bet pays 7: 1 and has a house edge of 11.1%.
Any seven (any 7): a one-roll bet, that the next roll will be the 7. This bet pays 4:1.
Apron: the material of the craps tables of a casino establishment, usually, made with felt.
Back line (back line): another name for line Bet ”don't pass.
Bank craps (database): the official name of the dice game. Craps is an abbreviation, although it is much more commonly used than " bank craps .
Bar 12 (bar 12): When the result of a roll of dice of a 12 results in a " push (boost) for bets “dont pass” e “dont come”.
Behind the line (behind the line): place odds on your pass/ come/ don't pass/ don't come bets. It is called Behind the line betting because there is no marked place on the table for the odds bets, you place the chips exactly behind your original bet on the table.
Big 8: a bet that an 8 will come out before a 7. This bet pays 1:1 and has a house edge of 9.1%. Identical to the “place 8 "bet, but the ”place&event" bet.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8221; for 7:6 and has a house edge of only 1.5%, making it a much more favorable option.
Big 6: a bet that a 6 will come out before a 7. This bet pays 1:1, identical to the place bet, but the place pays 7: 6. The place 6 bet is much more advantageous, with the house edge being only 1.5%, while the big 6 bet is 9.1%.
Big red: Another term used for the “place " bet on any 7.
Black: slang used for $100 chips which, in most casinos, are black in color.
Bones: slang for DICE.
Bowl: a container made of plastic, metal or wood, depending on the casino, that holds the dice. It is placed next to the stickman on the table.
Boxcars: bet that two 6s (a total of 12) will be played on the next roll of the dice.
Boxman: The " dealer of the casino that sits in the middle at the table, being responsible for the action of the bet, for all chips and for the administration of all players. The boxman stands in front of the stickman.
Box numbers: bet " Place for the numbers 4,5,6,8,9 and 10.
Boys (or The Boys): a slang term used for craps dealers. However, not much used for female dealers.
Buffalo: when you bet a 5-unit on each “hardways " number and any 7.
Buffalo Yo: a 5-unit bet on each "hardways" number and on an 11.
Bump: a term used to describe the break made by the dealer, when the craps table is with several employees and the table with few players.
Buy Bet: the same as a bet " place, you bet on the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, but you give the house a 5% commission, in exchange for real odds. Most casinos ask for a commission on the bet regardless of the outcome, others will allow players to keep the commission until the bet is actually won.
C&E: this is a one round bet, on both: any craps (C) and Eleven (eleven) (E). It is a two-part BET where one unit is placed on any dice resulting in 2, 3 or 12 and another placed on 11. If the bet ”any craps win, the bet ”eleven loses and vice versa.
Capped dice: it can be identified when you scratch it with your fingernail or a coin and leave a mark on them.
Center bets: all mid-table bets & one-roll bets and proposition bets. Also called center field.
Charting a table: when a player keeps track of the results of the rolls of the dice in order to play with a certain strategy.
Cocked dice: dice that end at an angle, for example, against the table, rather than end flat. The final number is determined by looking at the natural angle of the die/dice and also, if the object it is leaning against were removed, the die would fall flat, so the number on top of the die is the final announced. This is determined by the stickman.
Cold says: a term used when all shooters are rolling the 7 before the point number is made.
Cold table: when all shooters on the table are rolling the 7, before the point is made.
Color in: when you exchange smaller chips for higher value chips when you leave the table.
Come bet (Bet " come): even if Pass-line bet, however, is made after the exit roll, once the point has already been made.
Come out roll: term used for the first release of the game. All bets " pass and ”dont pass should be placed before this release. If the shooter rolls a 7 or 11, he wins with the ”pass&event " bet.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8221; and loses to ”dont pass. If the shooter rolls a 2, 3 or 12, he loses with the ”pass&event " bet.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8221; and with the ”dont pass wins with numbers 2 and 3. A 12 results in a " push (boost). The game continues with the releases: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 and the point number is established.
Comp.: complimentary services offered by the casino to players for their actions at the table. These services may include: hotel accommodation, meals, or tickets to events.
Corner red: the corner of the craps table layout where the bets ”big 6 and ”big 8, written in red.
Crapless craps: this is a very unusual variant of dice, where the numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12 are all point numbers. This makes it impossible to lose on the first roll of the round, and you cannot win with an 11, leaving only one way to win on the exit roll, by rolling a 7. This increases the house edge to 5.4% on the pass bet. If you take odds behind this bet, it reduces to 2.9% and if you double the odds, it reduces to 2.1%. Reduces another 1% if you are able to " lay odds 5 times your original bet, but only if the casino allows you to multiply this amount. There is no bet " don t pass in this ”crapless craps. You can bet on the " place bets & 8221; 2, 3, 11 and 12 with a house percentage of 7.1%, with a payout of 11:2 for numbers 2 and 12. "Place 3 and 11 have a margin, slightly smaller, of 6.2% and pay 11:4. Buying bets also works in the same way and at the same odds as regular dice. This version of DICE is played in quite a few casinos in Las Vegas, the most famous being the Stratosphere, and are rarely found in online casinos.
Crap out: when a shooter plays a 2, 3 or 12 and the round ends, switching shooters. It is also called " seven out .
Craps: when the shooter plays 2, 3 or 12 on the first out roll. It is also the very name of the game.
Craps numbers: the numbers 2, 3 and 12.
Crew: the dealers at the craps table. Also called " the boys (the boys).
Dead: a craps table with no players.
Dealer: the casino employees on each side of the " boxman who are responsible for the payouts on each side of the table and assist players with their bets. In a land-based casino, you hand over your money to the dealer on your side of the table, and he/she bets on the table for you.
Dice bowl (also “bowl”): a container, made of plastic, metal or wood, used to hold the dice on the table.
Dice in the middle (dice in the middle) : when the stickman places the dice on the proposition bets, in front of the boxman, indicating when the players deBoo.
Don t come bet (Bet don t come): a bet made after the first launch of the game and functions as the “don&event " bet.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8217;t pass-line”, after the point is made. This bet pays 1:1.
Don t pass bet.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8217; t pass): a bet that the first roll of the game will be a 12, 3 or 2, which will lose if it is 7 or 11, and will be a push if it is a 12. Any other number becomes a point number. This bet has a house percentage of 1.36%, which reduces if you decide for ”lay odds on the BET “don t pass”.
Double odds: Bet Twice the amount of your original bet, on the betting odds “behind pass, “don't pass”, “come”, or “don't come”.
Down (or take me down): phrase used by bettors, indicating to the dealer the desire for his bet to be removed and returned.
Down behind: phrase announced by the dealer, indicating to a bettor that the BET has been lost.
Duker: a reference to a large amount of money that is suddenly at stake on one or both sides of the table. This alerts the table staff that the action will be increased, as well as all chip colors will be in play. The term comes from the word ”Duke (Duke), indicating that a player has a lot of money.
Easy way (easy way): this is a term used to describe when you roll the dice with different numbers, resulting in 4, 6, 8, and 10. For example, the 2 and the 6 result in an 8.
Edge: the advantage (or percentage, or margin) that the casino has on any bet placed by players. Also called " house edge (advantage or percentage, or house edge)
Even money: when the bet pays 1:1. A bettor loses or wins the same amount of money as they bet.
Eyeballs: table language for a roll of dice of 2, since the two dots look like eyes.
Eyes in the sky (eyes in the sky): surveillance cameras in casinos that monitor the actions of players and dealers.
Fade: this is a term used in street dice, not in casinos against the dealer. Refers to the action of betting against the shooter, in the amount of your bet. The shooter must then withdraw any part of his bet that is not faded by the other players. If the shooter loses the bet, players win twice the weakened amount.
Field bet: a bet that the next release will be 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12. This bet for 1:1 for 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, even 2:1 or 3:1 in some casinos for the 2 and 12.
Front line bet: same as pass line bet.
Garden: a slang term for the betting field.
George: a slang term for a player who gives very good tips in the physical casino.
Green: name given to the $25 chips used during the game.
Hard way: when you launch the " hard way for the numbers 4, 6, 8, or 10, they should come in pairs 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 and 5-5. It is called the "hard way" because it is less common in pairs than rolling with different numbers on the dice.
Hardway bet: this bet is found in the center of the table, next to the ”one-roll proposition&event " bets.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8221;. When you bet the " hard way for 4, 6, 8, or 10 to be rolled, the result of the dice will be in pairs (2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5).
Hi-Lo: a "one roll bet" that the next roll will be either a 12 or a 2.
Hi-Lo-Yo: a one-round bet that the next roll of the dice will be 2, 11 or 12.
Hit a brick: when the dice hit a stack of chips and fail to roll the length of the table.
Hop bet: a one-round bet, that the next roll will be the combination of the dice of your choice, such as 4-1 or 2-3, can be any combination. Once you bet on one combination, you lose on any other that is rolled in the next round.
Horn bet: a one-round bet, in which the next roll will be the 2, 3, 11 or 12. The player will have one betting unit on each number. 2 and 12 pay 30:1 and 3 and 11 pay 15: 1.
Horn high bet: a bet placed on units of 5, one unit each of the numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12, plus another unit placed on one of these numbers, making it the ”high horn&event " number.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8221;. It does not need to be played in units of 5, however, it is easier to play this way and the casinos prefer it that way.
Hot table: a craps table where all the shooters are playing, for quite a while, without throwing the 7, usually referring to the pass line bettors.
House edge: Same as " margin.
Inside bet: when you bet on the numbers 5, 6, 8 and 9.
Inside numbers (internal numbers): numbers 5, 6, 8 and 9.
Insurance bet: when you place two or more bets in an attempt to cover another if you lose.
Juice: a colloquial term for” vigorish " (vig); commission taken by the casino on certain bets.
Late bet: when a player tries to bet with the dice still up in the air. The dealer or boxman will decide on the validity of the delayed bet, whether or not to call the bet.
Lay bet: bet made by a wrong-way bettor, saying that the shotter will roll a 7 before the point numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10. A 5% commission is paid, to get real odds on the bet. Most casinos require this regardless of the bettor winning or losing the bet, while others require payment only after winning a bet.
Lay odds: an extra bet placed on the ”don&event " bets.preventDefault (); window.location.href='/go/'; 8217;t come and ”dont pass, made by wrong-way bettors, who offer real odds with no margin to the House. It is placed behind the original bet on the table and can be placed 2 or 3 times.
Layout: the felt used to cover the craps table where all bets are placed and marked.
Line bet: another term for betting ”Pass Line (pass Line) or “don t pass line”.
Little Joe (Little Joe): It is table slang for a " hard-way 4 or 2-2.
Marker Puck: A plastic disc used in physical casinos where dealers use it to show which points are " on and ”off on the table.
Mark the Point (mark the point): The action of the dealer indicating the point number by placing the puck on the table. The dealer is like this, " scoring the point.
Midnight (midnight): name given to a simple bet of " proposition at number 12. It is also called "any 12".
Multi-roll bet: these are for all bets that cannot be settled on the next roll of the dice. It may take a few dice rolls to determine the outcome of the bet. Some multi-round bets are: ”place and buy, “hardway”, “big 6” and “8”, “come” and “don t come”.
Natural: when the shooter rolls a 7 or an 11 on the game's exit roll.
No roll (no round): the dealer or the stickman will call a " no roll when the shooter does not roll the dice to the other end of the table, or if the dice slip out of the shooter's hands, or if they roll off the table. This indicates that the round is invalid.
Odds bet: an additional bet placed behind the pass/ come/ don't pass/ don't come bets, which has no house edge and is paid at real odds. It can be placed up to 2 or 3 times the original bet.
Off: bets that are not in action on the next roll of the dice.
On: bets that are in action on the next roll of the dice.
One roll bet: a bet on the outcome of only the next roll of the dice, which is no longer active for the remainder of the game. You will win or lose in the next round and will have to bet again each time if you want to stay active for more than one round.
Outside dealer (outside dealer): the casino employee who stands outside outside the game table.
Outside numbers: numbers 4, 5, 9 and 10.
Parlay (bet): increase your bet amount by adding your winnings to your original bet.
Pass line bet: this is the most common bet found in craps. The bet wins if the result of the roll is 7 or 11 and loses if it is 2,3 or 12, since all other numbers establish the point.
Pips (points): the found points of the data indicating the numbers
Pit: the section of a physical casino where the craps table is located.
Place bet: the BET where the placed Number 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 will be rolled before the 7. This bet pays 9:5 for numbers 4 and 10, 7:5 for numbers 5 and 9 and 7: 6 for numbers 6 and 8.
Place numbers: the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10.
Point (point): the point is the set number wagered until the end of the round when it equals 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. Correct bettors bet for the point to be released before the 7, while the wrong ones bet for them to be released after the 7.
Press a bet: a umentar the value of your bet, usually by doubling the amount.
Proposition bets: all hardway and one-roll bets placed on the center table layout.
Puck: a hockey puck-shaped marker used to indicate the point number in round action.
Rail or Rack (rail): the grooved top part of the craps table where players can store their chips used in the game.
Right-way bettor: a player who is betting with the shooter so that the point number is rolled before the 7.
Seven out: when a 7 is rolled before the point number, after it already established. This ends the round and the shooter is switched.
Shooter (launcher): the player who rolls the dice.
Skinny dugan: a slang term for the number seven. Many alternatives exist, as it is considered bad luck to pronounce the number seven at the craps table.
Snake eyes (Snake Eyes): another term for throwing the 2 in the proposition bet " any 2 (any 2).
Stickman: the casino employee responsible for handling and announcing the dice number.
Take odds: an additional bet on “pass” and “come " bets that offer real odds with no house edge. It is placed directly behind the original table bet. The bettor can usually bet up to 2 or 3 times their original bet.
Three-way craps: a one-roll proposition bet on numbers 2, 3 and 12 made in units of 3; one unit on 2, one on 3 and one on 12.
Toke: slang assigned to a tip given to the dealer.
Two-way (two-way) : a bet that is placed by the player and split between him and the dealers, usually made in one-roll bets.
Vigorish: this term refers to the House commission on certain bets.
With the dice (with the dice): when you play with the dice, you are playing so that a point number is rolled before the 7. A correct bettor plays only with the dice.
Working bet (active bet): a bet that is currently active, or active for the next roll of the dice.
World bet (universal bet): when you bet on the numbers 2, 3, 7, 11 and 12, all at once, making in units of 5. For example, if you bet $15 on the universal bet, $3 should go to each number.
Wrong-way bettor: it would be a player who bets that the 7 will be rolled before the point number once the point number is already established. A wrong bettor plays against the dice.
Me: the number 11, also called ”yo-leven , in order to avoid confusion with the number 7, as they sound similar in English.

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