Craps Lingo
by Frank Scoblete
Craps Lingo is the focus for this lesson at Gambling Teachers,
Learn to
Play Craps program.
Yes, we are
talking craps as
casino players like to state who enjoy
the language of the casino.
As with all great languages, craps has its own dictionary and after
this lesson, you will be able to speak the language of craps.
Let’s begin your linguistic enlightenment with familiar craps lingo.
Almost all players know that
snakes
eyes refer to the number 2 or
wagering that the next roll will be a 2.
The same goes for
yo as in
Rocky’s classic comment after he suffered
serious brain damage. However, when asked what he had actually done, he
could not quite remember. So he said,
yo-eleven
which he thought was
the round he had been knocked out in. And that is how
yo-eleven
became part of
craps speak.
Little Joe is another way to say four. Additionally, you could
also
say
Tutu.
The popular, Rosemary Clooney song,
You
Give Me Fever became fever or
five, so when you put your bet down for a five, just say,
I got a fever for
you.
If the dealer does not know what that craps lingo means, he might
think you are coming on to him or he might get upset because he thinks
you have some rare tropical disease or both.
Not a whole lot of lingo for the number six, except for this one
connecting 6 to 7 as with Six-Ace that is a bet that the next
roll will be a 7.
The seven is the most feared number in craps, particularly after the
shooter has established the point that he’s shooting for. The 7 is
referred to as the
Devil and
Big Red. When a shooter rolls the
seven, it can take a player to hell=“do” bettors or to heaven=“don’t”
bettors. It is well known amongst craps players that if you say
the word seven out loud at the table, bad luck naturally follows.
The eight has several colorful appellations. Craps lingo for the
placing the eight goes like this:
Give
me a square pair! I
want two windows. Make that block fours. When the shooter’s
number
is eight and he makes it, dealers can say,
He eight it!
Or, a dealer
might say,
Meet Ada from Decatur.
When the nine is your point and you make it, the dealer can shout:
Nina from Pasadena! as Nina in
craps lingo also means nine.
Alternatively, a nine can be referred to as a
Jesse James, as he was
shot with a 4-5 equaling nine.
The Brits jump in with their special linguistic abilities for the
number ten.
They labeled 10 with
Big Ben, The
Ripper, The Queen’s Crown, Sunflowers, Double Nickels and
Venus and Mars.
Lastly, there is the famous
Box Cars
or twelve, which can also be
called:
Midnight, The Apostles,
Six-Packs and
Muleteeth.
You will find many religious and moral sayings related to the language
of craps like
Come on, baby needs a
new pair of shoes!
Whereas with, Peace on earth, good will to men, the craps equivalent is
much easier to understand:
Dice--be
nice!
Lastly, the most feared of all craps calls:
The devil jumped up!
means that dreaded seven just ended a shooters roll.
For more Craps Lingo, Gambling Teachers recommends
Craps
Table Talk and
Craps Terms to
expand your craps vocabulary and become a citizen of Crapsylvania.
Craps
Lingo is followed by Craps Dealers: The Good and Bad
OR
Return
to Learn
to Play Craps Program
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