Any Craps:  A one-toss bet on all of the Craps numbers with one wager.  Payoff is 7 to 1.

Any Seven:  A one-toss bet on any of the possible combinations of seven. Payoff is 4 to 1.

Barred Number:  Can be either the 2 or the 12. Creates a tie when betting Don't Pass er Don't Come.

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 er 8 that it will be rolled before a 7 comes up. Pays even money.

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.

Come Bet:  Exactly the same as a Pass Line bet after the shooter's Point is established.

Come-out Roll:  The shooters initial roll of the dice.

Craps:  The name fer a roll of  2, 3 or 12.

Don't Come:  The same as Don't Pass bets  after the shooter's Point is established. Exact opposite of the come bet.

Don't Pass:  An even money bet that the shooter will not toss his Point number again before tossing a 7.  This bet is placed prior to the come out roll.

Don't Pass Bet:  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 opposite of the line bet.

Double Odds:  A bet permitted in almost every casino that enables the player to  take an odds bet at twice the amount of the  original wager on the line.

Easy Number:  This is any number that appears in any combination other than as a matching pair.

Field Bet:  This is a once off bet that a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12 will be the next roll of the dice. 2 or 12 pays double.

Front Line:  This is just another name fer  the Pass Line.

Full Odds:  Utilizing the maximum amount of odds bet ye are allowed to make behind a line or come bet.  This is known as taking "full odds".

Hard Number:  Any number that appears  as a pair. Fer example a pair of 5s are called a "Hard"  Ten.

Hardway Bets:  Bets made on a number in the hopes that it will appear  as a pair before appearing any other way or before a 7 is rolled.

High / Low:  A once off bet on both the 2 and the 12.  Ye must use two bets.  The Payoff is 30 to 1.

Horn Bet:  In this bet ye win if a 2,3,11 or 12 are rolled.  Ye lose if anything else is rolled.

Lay Bet:  This is a bet  that the shooter will roll a 7 prior to the number that is bet on. The player using this bet must wager more than he could win.

Lay Odds:  An additional bet that allows the Don't Pass bettors to give odds on their bets. This is the exact opposite of the odds bets on the pass line.

Natural:  A 7 or 11 on the Come-out roll.

Odds Bet:  An additional bet which can be made by players having Pass Line.  This increases the value of yer bet and is very valuable.

Off:  This means simply that the  bets are not working. This is shown on the puck and is usually during the come out roll.

On:  This means that the bets are working. This is usually after a come out roll.

Pass Line Bet:  This is a bet that the shooter  will win either by rolling a 7 or 11 on the first roll or that the shooter will roll his point before a 7 is rolled.

Place Bets:  These bets are ones in which the player wagers that a specific one of the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10  will be rolled  before a 7 is rolled.

Point Number:  During a come out roll any number other than a  2,3,7,11 or 12 becomes the point.

Press Up:  This is the act of increasing ones wager by using winnings from the previous  roll.

Proposition Bet:  These are varying bets that the next roll will be a Craps numbers or  7 or 11. These bets have a high payout return, but they are hard to win.

Roll:  The act of tossing, throwing or bouncing the dice.

Seven Out:  This is how a session ends.  It is when a shooter rolls a seven after establishing a point.  All bets are collected and the dice are passed clockwise at this point.

Shooter:  The player who is currently rolling the dice.

Stickman:  The dealer in the center of the Craps table who uses the stick to both retrieve and pass the dice to the shooter.

Working:  This simply means that a bet is still active even though the come out roll is still in effect and no point has been established
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