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The slang used by the stickmen who run the craps table is colorful, to say the least, echoing the patois of Damon Runyan's classic hoodlums. Here's a sample of the snappy patter you're likely to hear around the rail.
Aces: Betting the next roll will be the total sum of 2.
Ace Deuce: 2-a/k/a Push the Don't, Twice in the Rice, & Two Bad Boys From Illinois.
After Five the Field's Alive: 5-a/k/a Little Phoebe, and Fiver Fiver Racetrack Driver.
Any Seven: A bet that the next roll will be 7.
Arm: A player who is so skilled at throwing the dice they are able to alter the conventional odds of the game.
Buffalo: Placing a bet on each of the Hardway and Any Seven.
Big Red: Placing a bet on Any Seven.
C & E: A combination bet of any craps ("C") and an eleven ("E"); a/k/a chicken and eggs.
Centerfield: 9; a/k/a Ocean Liner Niner.
Craps: 12; a/k/a Box Cars, Midnight, the Apostles, Six Packs, Mule's Teeth, and All the Spots We Got.
The Devil: 7
The Devil Jumped Up: A shooter has sevened out; a/k/a Up Pops the Devil & Grab the Money.
Easy Way: A dice roll of 4, 6, 8, and 10 each die being different from the other.
Eighter From Decatur: When a shooter makes his point number of 8; a/k/a Ozzie & Harriet.
Hardway: Betting on a 4, 6, 8 or 10 thrown as pairs before rolled easy or before a 7 comes out.
Horn Bet: A bet on 2, 3, 11 and 12 with the same amount.
Jesse James: 9; this is because Jesse was shot with a 45 (4+5=9).
Little Joe From Kokomo: 4 the hard ways. a/k/a Hit Us in the Tutu & Ace Trey the Country Way.
Monster Roll: Where numbers and points are coming out, and the 7 doesn't show itself for at least half an hour.
Natural: A throw of 7 or 11 on the come out roll.
Nina from Pasadena: If the point number is 9 and it rolls.
Parley: Increasing a bet, usually double.
Proposition Bets: All one-roll bets and the hardway bet.
Puppy Paws: 10; a/k/a Pair-A-Rose.
Right Betting: Betting the throw will win on Pass Line and Come bets.
Stickman: Casino employee who calls out the dice rolls and returns the dice to the shooter, and who is also responsible for the placing and paying the proposition bets.
Shooter: The player currently rolling the dice.
Sixie from Dixie: 6
Snake Eyes: 2; a/k/a Rat Eyes.
Square Pair: 8 the hard way; a/k/a Windows or Block Fours.
Sunflowers: 10; a/k/a Double Nickels, Venus and Mars & Tennessee Tottie.
Wrong Betting: Betting the throw will not pass on Don't Pass Line and Don't Come bets.
Wager on the Yo: Betting on 11
Winner on the Dark Side: 3
Yo: 11; a/k/as Yo-leven, Yo-levine the Dancing Queen, and Six Five No Jive. |
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