Legal Definition Of Craps

Legal Definition Of Craps

Craps definition: 1. A gambling game played with two dice: a first throw of seven or eleven wins, and a first throw of two, three, or twelve loses, while any other first throw, to win, must be repeated before a seven is thrown 2. Crap (sense )Origin. Craps definition is - a gambling game played with two dice. Means a 1 roll wager that may be made at any time, which shall win if a total of 2 is thrown on the roll immediately following placement of such bet and shall lose if any other total is thrown. California law generally recognizes the following forms of gaming: Indian casinos, cardclubs, pari-mutuel horse wagering, charitable gaming, and the state lottery. Indian Casinos - Casinos fashioned after Las Vegas casinos, or 'Vegas-Style Casinos,' usually refer to casinos with banked games (poker, blackjack), bingo, and slot machines. ‘No, the crap games in question are illegal dice and are played anywhere out of sight of the law.' ‘Bill is an inveterate gambler and has forged Fred's signature for $10,000, which he lost in a crap game.' ‘He runs a floating crap game that is temporarily homeless.'.

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. craps(krăps)pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)1.  A gambling game played with two dice in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses the bet, and a first throw of any other number (a point) must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses both the bet and the dice.
2.  A losing throw in this game. Also called  crap2.
[Louisiana French, game of hazard, from English crabs, lowest throw in hazard, from crab or crab.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
craps (kræps) n (usually functioning as singular

) 1.  (Gambling, except Cards) a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown
2.  (Gambling, except Cards) shoot craps to play this game
[C19: probably from crabs lowest throw at dice, plural of crab1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
craps (kræps) 
n.  (usu. with a sing. v.)  1.  a game in which two dice are thrown: a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of any other number can be won by throwing it again without throwing a 7. 
[1835–45, Amer.; appar. < French craps, variant of crabs double-ace (lowest throw at hazard) < 18th-century E slang: pl. of crab1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Noun1.craps - expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
2.craps - a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dicegambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling
crap game, crap shooting, crapshoot - playing craps
natural - (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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craps[kræps]NSING (US) (= game) → dadosmpl
to shoot craps → Legal Definition Of Craps Machinejugar a los dadosCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
crapsn (US) → Würfelspielnt; to shoot craps → 
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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Noun	1.	craps - expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot 2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
2.	craps - a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice gambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling crap game, crap shooting, crapshoot - playing craps natural - (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one