A live casino craps table is usually run by a team of four. The “boxman” sits in the center of the table next to the stack of casino chips. Your job is to control the game, make sure dealers don’t make mistakes, and protect the casino and players from cheats and thieves. Two distributors stand on the sides of the boxman. They collect bets when the casino wins and pay bets when the players win. They also place players’ chips for non-self-serve bets (i.e. players cannot place their chips on the layout for certain bets, so the dealers do it for them). The “stickman” is in the center of the table in front of the boxman and gives the game. The stickman also retrieves and controls the dice after each roll.

A good stickman can add tons of fun to the game. If it’s good, it will use a large vocabulary of dice jargon to add humor and make the game more interesting. For example, if a die bounces off the table and lands on a player’s chip rack (that is, the wooden rack around the perimeter of the table where players hold their chips), the stickman is required to say “No. roll, “and then retrieve the die for inspection by the boxman. The stickman then pushes the dice with his stick towards the shooter to make him roll again.

A good stickman adds animated jokes to the game to make it more fun for players. After all, the more fun players are having, the better mood they will be, which increases the likelihood that players will place more bets (good for the casino) and give dealers more tips (good for the crew). To liven up the game, instead of saying boringly, “No roll,” a good stickman might say out loud and rhythmic, “Die in the woods, don’t roll well” or “I can’t read it, it’s in the cedar.” . The game is so much more fun when the stickman drops all kinds of dice jargon and rhymes.

Over the years, dealers have come up with a lot of cute slang for the results of a roll of the dice. The following are the ones I commonly hear when I play. I suspect there are so many that I have not heard. Listen to them the next time you play. The number 2 (that is, a 1 on one die and a 1 on the other) is called “aces.” Aces are more commonly known as “snake eyes”. They are also called “eyeballs”.

The number 11 (that is, a 6 on one die and a 5 on the other) is called “I”, which is short for “I-leven” (with an emphasis on “I”). The stickman says “yo-leven” to distinguish “eleven” from “seven” so that players do not misinterpret the call.

The number 3 is an “Australian me”. When a 3 appears (that is, a 1 on one die and a 2 on the other), the opposite number (that is, the number at the bottom of the dice) is 11, which is “down.” On dice, 1 is opposite 6, 2 is opposite 5, and 3 is opposite 4. So when a 1-2 combination is shown, the opposite side “down” (that is, the bottom of the dice ) is 6 -5.

The number 12 is called “trucks” or “midnight.”

The 3-3 combination (ie a hard 6) is sometimes called “Brooklyn Forest.”

The numbers 2, 3 and 12 are called “craps”. Note that when a shooter sets a point and then rolls a 7, it is called a “seven out.” A seven out is not a craps. Remember, a craps is the number 2, 3, or 12, so when the shooter rolls a 7, don’t show your inexperience by yelling in disappointment, “Oh man, he shit.” The correct moan is, “Oh man, it broke away.”

The number 8 is sometimes known as “Decatur’s Eighter”.

The number 9 is sometimes referred to as “Jesse James” (he was shot with a 45 and the combination of 4-5 dice is a 9). The number 9 is also called “Studio 54” when the dice combination 5-4 is shown (the combination 5-4 is a 9).

The combination 4-4 (that is, a hard 4) is sometimes called “Little Joe.”

The 3-2 combination is sometimes called “OJ” (OJ’s jersey number was 32).

The combination 5-5 (ie a difficult 10) is called “queen’s delight.”

Combination 1-4 is occasionally called “One-Eyed Chicken in the Bush.” I have no idea what that means, and neither did the merchant when I asked. He said he learned it years before from another trader and has been repeating it ever since.

Hearing Stickman slang barking funny dice makes the game more fun. It also makes players interact more, which generally increases their enjoyment. Imagine that the shooter rolls the dice and they show a combination of 1 to 4. Imagine the stickman saying softly, “Five.” Now, instead, imagine the stick man yelling, “One-eyed chicken in the undergrowth!” The players laugh and start asking each other, “What did he say?” Your questions then lead to more conversation and interaction, adding to everyone’s fun. The casino values ​​a good stickman because the happiest customers are more likely to be repeat customers.