Below you will find example sentences with "line bet". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Line Bet in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: bet
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "line bet" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as t pass line bet he or, a pass line bet, pass, don and odds stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with offensive line, finish line, defensive line, first bet and odds bet, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with line bet
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Come bet A Come bet can be visualized as starting an entirely new pass line bet, unique to that player. (20 words)
However, the odds bet cannot be made independently, so the house retains an edge on the pass line bet itself. (20 words)
Pass Line The fundamental bet in craps is the pass line bet, which is a bet for the shooter to win. (21 words)
If a player chooses to remove the initial don't come and/or don't pass line bet, he or she can no longer lay odds behind the bet and cannot re-bet the same don't pass and/or don't come number (players must make a new don't pass or come bets if desired). (57 words)
Because the shooter must have a line bet the shooter generally may not reduce a don't pass bet below the table minimum, although casinos will allow the shooter to move the bet to the pass line in lieu of taking it down. (43 words)
As odds bets are paid at true odds, in contrast with the pass line which is always even money, taking odds on a minimum pass line bet lessens the house advantage compared with betting the same total amount on the pass line only. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Don't Come bet In the same way that a come bet is similar to a pass line bet, a don't come bet is similar to a don't pass bet.
Because the shooter must have a line bet the shooter generally may not reduce a don't pass bet below the table minimum, although casinos will allow the shooter to move the bet to the pass line in lieu of taking it down.
Pass Line The fundamental bet in craps is the pass line bet, which is a bet for the shooter to win.
Come bet A Come bet can be visualized as starting an entirely new pass line bet, unique to that player.
If a player chooses to remove the initial don't come and/or don't pass line bet, he or she can no longer lay odds behind the bet and cannot re-bet the same don't pass and/or don't come number (players must make a new don't pass or come bets if desired).
Put A put bet is a bet which allows players to increase or make a Pass line bet after a point has been established (after come-out roll).
Line bets The shooter is required to make either a Pass Line bet or a Don't Pass bet if he wants to shoot.
Players may make a put bet on the Pass line and take odds immediately or increase odds behind if a player decides to add money to an already existing Pass line bet.
Unlike the pass line bet itself, the pass line odds bet can be turned "Off" (not working), removed or reduced anytime before it loses.
Also like a pass line bet, the come bet is always working and cannot be turned "Off", removed or reduced until it wins or loses.
A maximum odds bet on a minimum pass line bet often gives the lowest house edge available in any game in the casino.
Come bets can only be made after a point has been established since, on the come-out roll, a Come bet would be the same thing as a pass line bet.
During actual play, more common terms are "two craps two" during the comeout roll because the pass line bet is lost on a comeout crap roll and/or because a bet on any craps would win.
Even though players are allow to remove the don't pass line bet after a point has been established, the bet cannot be turned "Off" without being removed.
However, the odds bet cannot be made independently, so the house retains an edge on the pass line bet itself.
Like the come, the don't come can only be bet after a point has already been established as it is the same as a don't pass line bet when no point is established.
Most casinos have a limit on how large the odds bet can be in relation to the line bet, with single, double, and five times odds common.
As odds bets are paid at true odds, in contrast with the pass line which is always even money, taking odds on a minimum pass line bet lessens the house advantage compared with betting the same total amount on the pass line only.
If a player chooses to remove the don't pass line bet, he or she can no longer lay odds behind the don't pass line.
In the August 21, 2019, draw, Logan’s single line bet let him take home a not too shabby €5.6 million.