| Any Craps – A one-toss bet on all of
the Craps numbers with one unit, or groups of units,
bet on the 2, 3 or 12. Payoff is 7 to 1.
Any Seven – A one-toss bet on any of the possible
combinations of seven. Payoff is 4 to 1.
Bankroll – A player's total amount of betting cash.
Many players divide their bankrolls into smaller amounts
to extend their betting ability.
Barred Number – Can be either the 2 or the 12. Creates
a standoff or push when betting Don't Pass or Don't
Come. In a standoff or push, neither you or the casino
win any money, your bet is unaffected.
Bet Numbers Across – A group of five bets on all
the Place numbers other than the Point number.
Big Six or Big Eight – A bet made on either 6 or
8 that it will be rolled before a 7 comes up. Pays
even money.
Box Point – Shooter's number: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10.
Boxman – The casino employee who supervises the Craps
game and deposits money into the drop-box.
Buy Bet – A Place bet made at true odds rather than
at Place odds. Carries a 5% fee.
Chop – A term, which designates dice action of win-lose,
win-lose, win-lose, etc.
Come Bet – An even money bet. Exactly the same as
a Pass Line bet, after the shooter's Point is established.
Come-out Roll – The shooters initial throw of the
dice after a Pass Line decision.
Craps – Common name for the game of dice. Also the
name given to a toss of 2, 3 or 12.
Craps / Eleven – The name used to indicate bets in
the specially marked area on either any Craps or Eleven.
Don't Come – An even money bet. The same as Don't
Pass bets, after the shooter's Point is established.
Don't Pass – An even money bet that the shooter will
not toss his Point number again before tossing a 7.
The same as Don't Come, except that the shooter's
Point is the Point number for the entire table.
Don't Pass Bet – An even money bet that the dice
will lose. That a 2 or 3 will be rolled on the first
roll, or that a 7 will come up before the shooter
repeats his Point. The same as a Don't Come bet except
that the bet can be made only before a new shooter
rolls.
Double Odds – A bet permitted in some casinos in
which the player takes an odds bet at twice his/her
original wager on the line.
Easy Number – Any even number that appears in any
combination other than as an actual pair.
Field Bet – A one-toss bet that 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
or 12 will be the next roll of the dice. (Some layouts
use 5 instead of 9; some pay double or triple on either
2 or 12.)
Flat Bets – The type of wagers in which the player
bets the same amount on each roll win or lose.
Free Odds – A bet on true odds permitted with pass
and come bets. Unlike Buy bets, these don't carry
a 5% vigorish charge.
Front Line – The same as the Pass Line.
Full Odds – The correct odds.
Hard Number – An even number that appears exactly
as a pair. Two 2s are called a Hard Four.
Hardway Bets – Bets made, in a specifically marked
area, on an even number, that will appear exactly
as a pair. Payoffs are for greater amounts than if
the number appeared as any other combination.
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