Then, if the bet wins, they extract that “fee” from the payoff. They set up the bet and give you any change due. You simply give the dealer your chips and tell him which number you’d like to place a bet on. However, the casino will let you choose the number you bet for a small “fee.” It’s called a Place Bet. Of course, those numbers are deceiving because you’re only going to win even money on your Pass Line bet and 6 – 5 on the Free Odds bet. Since these numbers roll more often – you should win more often.
When wagered as a pair the six and eight give you ten ways to win versus six ways to lose. There are five ways each to roll the six or eight versus six ways to roll the seven. Why? Because there are more “combinations” on the dice that add up to six or eight than any other point numbers. As a “right” side player your favorite numbers are probably the six and eight. Let’s assume you are a Pass Line bettor and the point has been established as the Four.
Players on the Don’t Pass are hoping the Seven rolls before the Four. She must repeat the Four before throwing a Seven in order to win if shooting from the Pass side. On the Come Out roll, for example, if the shooter tosses a Four then the Four becomes the Point. In all of these bets the actual “point” to be decided is determined by a roll of the dice. In an earlier article I talked about the Pass and Don’t Pass bets as well as the Come and Don’t Come bets PLUS the all-important Free Odds bet.
