Casino Glossary

• Betting Right

  Craps

  Placing pass line and/or come bets, the usual way players bet. Often seen (erroneously) as playing "against" the house.

• Betting Wrong

  Craps

  Placing don't pass line and/or don't come bets; sometimes resented by pass line bettors. Also called playing the "dark side".

• Big Eight

  Craps

  An even-money bet that an 8 will be rolled before a 7. A sucker bet since a place bet on the 8 wins exactly the same way, but pays more.

• Big Red

  Craps

  A one-roll bet that a 7 will be rolled. Caters to the superstition that saying "seven" will make it roll.

• Big Six

  Craps

  An even-money bet that a 6 will be rolled before a 7. A sucker bet since a place bet on the 6 wins exactly the same way, but pays more.

• Bones

  Craps

  Slang for dice.

  Synonym: Die, Dice

• Boxcars

  Craps

  A roll of 12 or a bet that the next roll will be 12

• Buffalo

  Craps

  A bet on all the hard ways (22, 33, 44, 55) and any 7. The last is a one-roll bet.

• Buy Bets

  Craps

  A type of bet on the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 in which the player pays a 5% commission to receive a payout at the true odds. Only useful for the 4 and 10.

• Buy the 4 and 10

  Craps

  Placing a buy bet on the 4 and 10. In exchange for a 5% commission, the payout is 2 to 1, rather than 9 to 5.