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The Don't Pass Bet
If you're in a land based casino and having a good time at the
craps table, maybe making a few new friends, then you probably shouldn't
bet on the don't pass bet. Essentially its like betting against
the shooter or against the dice, which means you win when everybody
else loses. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but you
want to keep those new friends don't you? You want to be invited
to the next party no? Craps is a party game in a casino, filled
with good vibes, my well learned advice, don't disrupt the vibes.
They may have nothing at all to do with mathematics, but they are
no less important.
On the don't pass bet (to make this bet place your chips in the
narrower section just beyond the pass line labeled don't pass) made
on the come out roll, you lose on a 7 or 11, and win on a 2 or a
3. A 12 on the come out roll is like a push in blackjack, it's a
standoff where nobody wins or loses. If anything else is rolled
it becomes the point, and you win if a 7 is rolled before the point
is repeated. Notice how this is the opposite of the pass line bet,
and notice how you win when the shooter loses. Seems awfully nice
of the casino to offer an opposite bet of the normal one, wouldn't
the house lose their statistical edge? Only if they kept the numbers
straight. Sadly on a don't pass bet with odds, the casino pays out
pretty crappy amounts. The odds of a 7 coming out before a 10 are
quite good so the casino has to hedge its bet in effect.
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