Craps Terms: Essential Craps Glossary, Expressions & Slang. 3-way craps: A bet made in units of 3 with one unit on 2, one unit on 3, and one unit on 12. This is a horn bet without the bet on 11. This is a horn bet without the bet on 11. 5 Count: A system developed by the 'Captain' to avoid bad rolls, stretch your time and money at the table and sets you up for the good rolls.

Craps Terms, Slang and Jargon. Just like other casino games, Craps has plenty of terms, slang and jargon that can be heard at the Craps table or around it. Knowing these terms makes the game a little easier to understand and play. Don’t be afraid to ask a fellow player or one of the casino employees about any slang terms you hear at the craps.
Craps Terms, Slang and Jargon. Just like other casino games, Craps has plenty of terms, slang and jargon that can be heard at the Craps table or around it. Knowing these terms makes the game a little easier to understand and play. Don’t be afraid to ask a fellow player or one of the casino employees about any slang terms you hear at the craps.

The game of Craps is an very popular casino game. Played on a craps table that is big enough for up to 20 players and the 3 casino employees who keep the game going and track everything.

We believe that craps was first played by English Crusaders. Which they called the game Hazard, a corruption of the name of the castle to which they were laying siege. On the other hand others say that the name Hazard is a corruption of the Arabic word for dice. Hazard soon was extremely popular.

Craps came to North America either with the English or with the French , who had learned to play the game and changed it. The modern name craps is considered a corruption of the word crabs which the French used to refer to a throw of 2.

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Craps went to the Deep South as the Accadian French settled there after being kicked out of Nova Scotia. A slang term for dice games is African Dominoes, meaning that African-Americans may have had a major hand in the modern development of the game.

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