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Pass
Line Bets The Pass Line is the most popular bet in craps. Players betting on the Pass Line are wagering that the dice will pass, or that a point will be repeated before a seven-out occurs as described below: The "Come Out Roll" is the most significant roll in craps. It is the first roll of the dice for a new shooter, and for the Pass Line bettor, it may be a winner, a loser, or it may establish a new "Point Number" (described below). When it is the Come Out Roll, the Pass Line bet wins with a 7 or 11, loses with any Craps (2, 3, or 12), and establishes a new Point Number otherwise. The "Point Number" is the number that the Pass Line bettor is betting will repeat before a 7 is rolled. Whenever there is a Point Number established, the "ON puck" will be positioned above the number; otherwise this marker puck will say "OFF" and will sit in the upper left corner of the board. After a Point Number has been established (no longer the Come Out Roll), the Pass Line bet wins if that Point Number is repeated before a 7 is rolled; when the Point Number repeats like this, the dice are said to have passed. To summarize, the Pass Line bet behaves differently depending on whether or not there is a Point Number established. If there is a Point Number, then the bet wins if the dice pass (the Point Number repeats), or it loses if a 7 is rolled (all other numbers are inconsequential). If there is no Point Number, then it is said to be the Come Out Roll, in which case the Pass Line wins on a 7 or 11, and loses on a 2, 3, or 12. Pass Line bets, once a Point Number is established, may not be removed, but may be increased. When the Pass Line bet wins, it pays even money. Pass Line bets allow so-called "Free Odds" side bets. In the case of the Pass Line, the Free Odds bets are placed in the unlabeled area "behind the line" - underneath the Pass Line region. READY TO PLAY CRAPS ONLINE?
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