Laying the Odds

How to 'lay the odds' and the pay-outs associated.

Most casinos allow a player to place "odds" on pass, don't pass, come, and don't come bets after a "point" has been established. This is known as 'laying the odds'. Good players only make odds bets that can be paid exactly, or the dealer will round down, which is not to your advantage. A player can modify his odds bets at any time.

If you win a bet on which odds are placed, then the odds bet is paid 'fairly'; pass and come bets are paid at 2-1 for the 4 and 10, at 3-2 for the 5 and 9, and at 6-5 for the 6 and 8; for don't pass and don't come bets are paid at 1-2 for the 4 and 10, at 2-3 for the 5 and 9, and at 5-6 for the 6 and 8 - notice the symmetry on the pay-outs.

Odds on the pass line and come bets should be a multiple of two if the point is a 5 or 9 and a multiple five if the point is 6 or 8.

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