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Get Your Head Around Craps Lingo

Taking some time to learn the terms used in a craps game will not only help you enjoy the game more but may also improve your chances of winning. Some of the main terms are:

  • Any 7 -this is a bet that the next roll of the dices will equal seven.
  • Boxcars – this is when two sixes have been rolled and it refers to the American term for the last cars on a train.
  • Any craps – this is a bet that the next roll will equal either two, three or twelve.
  • Big Red – this refers to the number seven. Craps players will not say seven at the table during a game.
  • Bones – this is another term for dice.

There are many other terms used in craps. If you hear something that you don’t understand, just ask!

For more craps terms this website is a goldmine.

Interesting Roulette Terminology

Like many other games and sports, roulette has a terminology all of its own. There are many websites out there that can help you with terminology, so here are some of the more interesting and unusual terms.

Biased Wheel: a wheel in which there isn’t an even chance of every number winning. This can lead to big wins as players grasp which numbers are most likely to win.

Racetrack bets: the racetrack is the area in front of the croupier, used for making bets on groups of numbers. These are also known as ‘call bets’.

Queen Theatre: in electronic or ‘touchbet’ roulette the players are arranged in two circles. The centre circle has 8 players while the surrounding second circle, the theatre, has 16 players.

Street bet: this is a bet on three numbers, which has a payoff of 11:1. This is also known as a ‘trio bet’.