In this article, we continue our lesson on learning the various craps terms. Picking up where we left off in Part 2, the following terms cover the letters E to J in alphabetical order. Craps terms beginning with other letters are defined in my other articles.
E.T. = A bet that the next roll will be an 11 or 12.
Easyway = The number 4, 6, 8, or 10 rolled where the dice have different numbers. For example, an Easy 8 is 6-2, 2-6, 5-3, and 3-5.
Eighter From Decatur = The number 8.
Eye In The Sky = The video cameras on the ceiling. Surveillance of the game.
Eyeballs = Two one’s. Snake eyes or aces.
Field = A bet that the next roll will be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12. Sometimes the 5 is included and the 9 excluded.
Fifty-yard Line = The middle of the table.
Fill = When the casino’s bank (cheque stack) on the table is replenished.
Flat Bet = The even-money Pass Line or Don’t Pass bet.
Garden = The field.
George = A player who tips the dealers.
Green = $25 cheques.
Green Light = When the dealers have permission to hustle tips, or the pit crew isn’t watching so dealers can hustle tips.
Hand-in = A tip given directly to the dealers instead of being bet for them.
Hardway = A bet on the 4, 6, 8, or 10 that wins if the dice show identical numbers before a 7 or an Easyway. For example, a Hard 4 wins if the dice show 2-2.
Hedge = Making one bet to protect another bet.
Hi-Lo = A bet that the next roll will be a 2 or 12.
Hi-Lo-Yo = A bet that the next roll will be a 2, 12, or 11.
Hit A Brick = When a die hits a stack of chips and doesn’t hit the back wall.
Hook = Player positions at the table near the corner of each end.
Hop = A bet that the next roll will be a specific combination of numbers.
Horn = A bet that the next roll will be a 2, 3, 11, or 12.
Horn High = A Horn bet with equal amounts on three numbers and a greater amount on the fourth number. For example, a $5 Horn High Yo has $1 on the 2, 3, and 12; and $2 on the 11. A $10 Horn High Boxcars has $2 on the 2, 3, and 11; and $4 on the 12.
Hot Table = Shooters are making points and rolling lots of numbers.
I Can’t Read Her She’s In The Cedar = What the stickman might say when a die bounces and lands in the wooden chip rack on the rail.
Inside Numbers = The numbers 6 and 8; sometimes the numbers 5, 6, 8, and 9.
Insurance = Hedging one bet with another.
Jam Up = A game is slowed or interrupted because of sloppy dealing.
Jammer = A weak dealer who spills his stack of cheques or sloppily places player’s cheques.
Jesse James = The number 9. Jesse was shot by a .45. (The 4-5 dice combination is a 9.)
Juice = A vigorish.
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