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• HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at See also:

• DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)  , a See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

dice (called Craps in See also:

• AMERICA

America), once very popular in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and played for large stakes at the famous rooms of See also:

• CROCKFORD, WILLIAM (1775–1844)

Crockford (St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• LONDON

London) and Almack (See also:

• PALL

Pall Mall, London), . The player or " caster " calls a " See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main " (that is, any number from five to nine inclusive) . He then throws with two dice . If he " throws in," or " nicks," he wins the sum played for from the banker or " setter." Five is a nick to five, six and twelve are nicks to six, seven and eleven to seven, eight and twelve to eight and nine to nine . If the caster " throws out " by throwing aces, or See also:

• DEUCE (a corruption of the Fr. deux, two)

deuce-See also:

• ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace (called crabs or craps), he loses . When the main is five or nihe the caster throws out with 11 or 12; when the main is six or eight he throws out with 11; when the main is seven he throws out with 12 . If the caster neither nicks nor throws out, the number thrown is his "See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance," and he keeps on throwing till either the chance comes up, when he wins, or till the main conies up, when he loses . When a chance is thrown the " odds " for or against the chance are laid by the setter to the amount of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original stake . Seven is the best main for the caster to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call, as it can be thrown in six different ways out of the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-six casts which are possible with dice . Supposing seven to be the main; then the caster wins if he throws 7 or II; he loses if he throws crabs or 12 . If he throws any other number, 4 for example, that is his chance . The odds 'against him are two to one, as 7 can be thrown in six ways, but 4 only in three; hence six to three, or two to one, are the correct odds, and if the original stake was £1, the setter now See also:

• LAYS

lays £2 to £I in addition .

It is useful to remember that 2 and 12 can be thrown in one way; 3 and II in two ways; 4 and to in three ways; 5 and 9 in four ways; 6 and 8 in five ways . The odds against the caster are thus given by See also:

• HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

Hoyle: If 7 is the main and 4 the chance, two to one; 6 and 4, five to three; 5 and 4, four to three; 7 and 9, three to two; 7 and 6, six and five; 7 and 5, three to two; 6 and 5, five to four; 8 and 5, five to four, &c .