Craps Terms

Vigs (vigorish) house commissions taken on a particular bet (like the IRS).

Working bets that are "live" (i.e., can be resolved with the next roll) are said to be working. Generally, place bets, buy/lay bets, and come odds bets do not work on the come-out unless you tell the dealers to "make them work." All other bets (e.g., Hard way) work unless you call them "off" (i.e., tell the dealers you do not want them to "work").

World bet a bet that the next roll will be 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12, made in multiples of 5, with one unit on each of the numbers.

Wrong bettor a player who bets that the dice will not pass.

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