Let’s see how much further we can get in our run-through of various craps terms. As I always say, it never hurts to be as familiar with the terminology of a game as possible. When in Rome… OK, we last left off in the C’s.

Come bets we’ve covered, but the Come Out Roll is what you call the result of the first toss of the dice. Players can bet on all three of the possible outcomes of pass, win or lose.

Let’s jump to Double Odds, which is a bet made behind the pass line. This bet multiplies the Pass Line, Don’t Pass Line, Come bet and Don’t Come bets. So the return is higher, but the odds of hitting it drop significantly from betting solely on just one of the aforementioned possibilities.

The hard way is the common term for hitting an even number when both die show the same number. A hard six is two three’s, etc… Well, there is an “easy way”, too, and as you might have guessed, it consists of hitting a 4, 6, 8 or 10 with different numbers showing the dice. A 4 and a 6 is making 10 the easy way, etc…

How about fade? Not shade (good movie). Now we’re getting into street craps terms, but I’ll cover this one for the hell of it. It’s sort of a bet on a bet – where players put up money in lieu of a bank. See, in street craps, nobody places any bets on a table, since there’s no casino to cover the bet. Fade is the denomination for the play made in the street game. If the shooter wins, the players who backed the shooters bet lose and he wins double. If the shooter loses, the player who backed his bet wins it.

Front Line – You hear this at some casinos like the Bellagio in Vegas, and it’s just another name for the Pass Line.

A Hi-Lo bet is placed on the belief that the next toss of the dice will be a 2 or a 12 (the highest and lowest possible outcome). And a Hope Bet is that the next toss will be a specific combination. Kinda like calling swish in a game of horse. And sticking with the H theme, a horn bet is that the next toss will result in a 2, 3, 11 or 12.

And ending on a good note, a hot table is one where most shooters are hitting their point. You know, the annoying noise machine that keeps you from focusing on how to bet your flush 200 yards away.