Craps Glossary

Arm: This term is used when a player temporarily changes the odds of the game through his exceptional ability (luck?) to throw the dice.
Betting Right: When you're betting with the shooter of the dice.
Betting Wrong: When you're betting against the shooter of the dice.
Big Red: Another name for an Any 7 Bet.
Boxcars: When a 12 hits.
Capped Dice: The dice are loaded or crooked.
Cold Dice: Dice that fail to pass too often.
Cold Table: A table where the players lose a lot.
Coming out: When the shooter is about to make the come-out roll.
Craps Out: When the shooter hits 2, 3 or 12 on the come-out roll.
Easy Way: When the total number of the dice is 4, 6, 8 or 10 and the number of each die is different (for example 3/5 or 4/6).
Hardway: When the dice show double numbers (for example 2/2 and 4/4).
Hot Roll: When a shooter plays for a long time without hitting a 7.
Hot Table: A table where the players win a lot.
Insurance Bet: When a player makes several bets that partly cover each other.
Little Joe: The roll of the dice is 2/2.
Loaded Dice: The weight of the dice influences the roll in an inappropriate way.
Midnight: When you bet the next roll of the dice will show a 12.
Natural: When the come-out roll shows a 7 or an 11.
Parley: When a players lets a winning bet ride.
Press a bet: When a player doubles or parleys a bet.
Sequence Bet: A bet that might not be decided in one single roll of the dice.
Seven Out: When the shooter hits the 7 after his point number has been established.
Snake eyes: When the roll of the dice shows a 2.
Vigorish: The commission the house takes on certain bets.
Yo: The number 11 can be confused with the number 7. To avoid this the term "Yo" or "Yo-leven" is used.