Pass Line Bet

In the previously 2 articles you have seen the odds for each number and you have seen what a layout of a craps table looks like.  Now, I'm going to start teaching you about the different bets that you can make on a craps table.  Today, I'm going to teach you what the pass line bet is.  The pass line is very simple and it's the bet that the majority of craps players will make.  In craps there are right side bets and dark side bets and this would be consider a right side bet.  I'll get to that in another article.

Now, to the beginning of craps.  The game begins with the stickman pushing a set of five dice to the shooter.  The shooter will pick 2 of those dice and throw them across the table.  In order for the player to shoot the dice, the player must have a bet on the pass line or the don't pass line.  I'll get to the don't pass line in the next article.  Right now, we're on the pass line.  Now, to the shooter.  The shooter will pick up the dice and throw them across the table.  This is called the come out roll. Since I'm on the pass line bet I'll be explaining how the pass line bet works.  On the come out roll if the shooter rolls a 7 or an 11 the pass line bet wins.  But, if the shooter rolls a 2, a 3, or a 12 the pass line bet looses.  Once the shooter rolls a box number which are 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 that box number becomes the point and the shooter must hit that box number before the seven is rolled in order to win.  For example, if the shooter rolls a 6 on the come out roll the 6 becomes the point and the shooter must roll a 6 before the 7 in order to win on the pass line.  Once the point has been established the only numbers that can effect the pass line bet is the point and the seven.  If the seven is rolled before the point is rolled after the point is established the pass line bet looses.  If the point is rolled before the seven the pass line bet wins.

Let me show you bets and how they would win for the pass line.

As you can see up above I have a bet on the pass line.  Since the point has not been established the numbers that would win would be a 7 or an 11.  The numbers that would loose would be a 2, a 3, or a 12.

As you can see up above there is a puck that says on.  The puck that says on is on the 10.  That means that the 10 is the point.  If the 10 is rolled before the seven because the 10 is the point the pass line wins.  If the seven is rolled before the 10 the pass line bet looses.

Here's a recap of the pass line bet.

• Come out roll is the roll before the point is established.
• 7 or 11 wins on the come out roll.
• 2, 3, 12 looses on the come out roll.
• Box number rolled becomes the point (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10)
• Point rolled before the seven wins
• 7 rolled before the point looses.