Craps Terms - Glossary
The terminology for craps. Below you'll find a breakdown of the most common terms used in both live and online craps games.
Advantage: The percentage the casino has on a bet - same as the edge.
Any craps: A one-roll wager that the next roll is 2, 3 or 12 - pays 7 to 1.
Any seven: A one-roll wager that the next roll is 7 - pays 4 to 1
Back Line: Same as don't pass line
Big 8: A bet that 8 will be rolled before 7 - pays 1 to 1.
Big 6: A bet that 6 will be rolled before 7 - pays 1 to 1.
Boxcars: A roll of two sixes
Boxman: The casino employee who is in charge of the bets.
Center bets: The bets in the middle of the layout - one-roll wagers.
Come bet: Can only be made after the come-out roll and works like a pass-line bet.
Come out roll: The come-out roll starts a round of betting. Pass-line and don't pass-line bets have to be placed before this roll.
Craps: When the shooter throws 2, 3 or 12 on the come-out roll.
Don't come bet: Can only be made after the come-out roll and works like a don't pass-line bet - pays 1:1
Don't pass bet: A wager that the come-out roll is 12, 3 or 2 and looses if it's 7 or 11. All other numbers establish a point.
Field bet: A wager that the next roll is 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12 - pays 1 to1.
Hardway: Means that the dice show the same number; 22, 33, 44 etc.
Hardway bet: A wager that the shooter rolls a certain number as a double (see hardway) before he rolls 7 or the number "the easy way" - pays 7 to 1 or 9 to 1 depending on the bet.
Horn bet: A bet on that the next roll is 2, 3, 11 or 12 - pays 15 to 1 or 30 to 1.
Inside numbers: A place bet on 2, 6, 8 and 9.
Lay bet: A bet that the shooter rolls a 7 before the number - pays 1 to 2, 2 to 3 or 5 to 6.
Lay odds: An additional bet when a point is established, offers true odds.
Natural: When the come-out roll is 7 or 11.
Outside numbers: The place-bet numbers 4, 5, 9 and 10.
Pass line bet: A bet that wins if the come-out roll is 7 or 11 and looses if it's 2, 3 or 12. All other numbers establish a point.
Place bet: A wager that the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 is rolled before 7 - pays 9 to 8, 7 to 5 or 7 to 6 depending on which number is chosen.
Point: The number that is established when the come-out roll is 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. anyone who bet on pass line must hit the point before a 7 is rolled.
Proposition bets: All hardway and one-roll bets
Seven out: When a 7 is rolled after a point has been established but before the point is rolled again. This ends the round.
Shooter: The player rolling the dice
Stickman: The casino employee handling the dice and calling the rolls.
Yo: Are used instead of 11, so it's not confused with seven.
