Craps glossary
Craps has a vocabulary all its own. Here are the terms you will see in this guide and hear at the table, in alphabetical order.
- Any Craps
- A one-roll bet that the next roll is 2, 3 or 12.
- Any Seven
- A one-roll bet that the next roll is a 7.
- Aces
- A roll of 1-1, a total of 2.
- Bank craps
- The casino version of craps, where every player bets against the house.
- Big 6 / Big 8
- A bet that a 6 or 8 comes before a 7, paying 1:1.
- Boxcars
- A roll of 6-6, a total of 12.
- Buy bet
- A bet on a number at true odds, with a commission paid to the house.
- Come bet
- A Pass Line bet made after the point is set; the next roll is its own come-out.
- Come-out roll
- The first roll of a round, before a point has been set.
- Craps
- A come-out roll of 2, 3 or 12, which loses on the Pass Line. Also the name of the game.
- Don't Pass / Don't Come
- Bets against the shooter. A come-out 12 is a tie.
- Easy way
- A total made without a pair, such as 6 made as 2-4. Opposite of a hard way.
- Field
- A one-roll bet on 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12.
- Free odds
- An extra bet behind a line or Come bet that pays at the true odds, with no house edge.
- Hard way
- A 4, 6, 8 or 10 rolled as a pair, such as 4-4 for a hard 8.
- Hop bet
- A one-roll bet on an exact pair of dice, such as 2-5.
- Horn
- A one-roll bet split over 2, 3, 11 and 12.
- House edge
- The average share of each bet the house keeps over the long run.
- Lay bet
- A bet that a 7 will come before a chosen number.
- Natural
- A 7 or 11 on the come-out roll.
- Odds
- See free odds.
- Pass Line
- The main bet in craps, winning on a come-out 7 or 11 and when the point repeats.
- Place bet
- A bet that a chosen number will come before a 7.
- Point
- The number 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 set by the come-out roll that the shooter must roll again.
- Press
- To increase a winning bet instead of taking the profit.
- Push
- A tie; the bet is returned.
- Seven out
- Rolling a 7 while a point is on; the Pass Line loses and the dice pass.
- Shooter
- The player rolling the dice.
- Working
- A bet that is live on the next roll. Some bets are off on a come-out roll unless called working.
- Yo
- A roll of 11, called to be heard over the noise of the table.