Ace/Deuce

A one roll bet in craps where the player bets that the next roll will equal three, a 1 and a 2.

Action

This term is used to refer to the amount of money wagered on the table, i.e. how busy the table is.

Any craps

When a player bets on the next roll expecting it to be a 2, a 3 or a 12.

Any Seven

When a player bets on the next roll expecting it to yield 7.

Apron

The outer perimeter of the craps table layout.

Ballerina special

A roll of double 2s.

Bowl

The container next to the stickman that holds the dice.

A bet on double 6.

Boxman

This casino employee stands or sits opposite to the stickman in between two dealers.

Buffalo

This is a type of bet on each of the hardways and any seven.

Capped dice

A crooked or loaded dice.

Cocked dice

A dice or both the dice that did not fall flat on the craps table. It either landed on the wall, chips or money. The stickman decides whether to count the dice roll or not.

Come out roll

The first roll of dice in a betting round.

Crap out

Rolling 2, 3, or 12 on the come out.

Dealer

A casino employee who is responsible for bets made on the half of the table on his side.

Dice are in the middle

This refers to the dice when placed in front of the boxman above proposition bets. This is the time to make bets.

This is an odds bet on 2 times of original pass or come bet.

Eye balls

Slang for the outcome of 2 1s (1, 1).

Hi-Lo

One roll bet on both 2, and 12

Hi-Lo-Yo

One roll bet 2, 11 and 12.

Hit a brick

When the dice or both the dice hit the stack of gambling chips, the stickman announces hit a brick.

Inside

Refers to 5, 6, 8 or 9.

Insurance bet

A bet placed to counter losses from another bet.

A mathematical formula used to find the payouts on complicated proposition bets

Late bet

It’s made when the dice has been released from hand or when it is still in the air. The dealer or the boxman will decide if it’s a bet or no bet.

Lay bet

A bet placed on roll of 7 before whatever point is rolled for.

Midnight

A bet on the next roll to come 12.

Boxman announces a no bet when a late bet is not valid.

No roll

When dice are not rolled as per the rule, the boxman calls no roll.

Odds

This is an additional bet to pass line bets and don’t pass bets. These are also called free bets, made after the point is established.

One on the rail

This refers to the fallen dice placed near the box for inspection before commissioning it to play.

Outside

Refers to 4, 5, 9 or 10.

Pips

White dots on the craps dice.

Pit

Area in the casino where craps tables are located.

The rail around the gambling table, where players can place their chips.

Rail

It’s an area around the player side of the craps table.

Right bettor

Refers to the player who bets on pass line.

Seven out

When 7 is rolled after the point has been established. It’s a 7 out.

Shooter

The person who rolls the dice.

Single odds

The amount of the original pass line and come bet.

Stickman

A casino employee responsible for calling out the result, placing and paying propositional bets, and returning the dice to the shooter

3-way craps

A horn bet without 11.

3-way 7

A bet made of any 7.

Turn-about

The stickman calls out when the dice are being passed to the next shooter at the other end of the craps table.

2-way 11

A bet placed by the player on 11 both for himself and the dealer.

Wall at either end of the craps table, where the dice should be hit for a valid roll.

Whirl

A five bet in 1 on the next roll to be 2, 3, 7, 11 or 12.

Wrong bettor

A player who bets on don’t pass line and son’t come.

To-Yo or Yo-leven

Slang for 11 to differentiate it from 7