What Happens to Come Bets When the Pass Line Point Wins?

Sam Originally published Updated

Come-bet rules · Table point made · Odds working or off

When the shooter makes the Pass Line point, an unresolved Come bet that has traveled to a different number stays on that number. Its flat portion remains working on the next come-out roll. Its Come Odds are commonly off by default, but the table’s rules and your instruction control.

Craps layout showing the Come area and box numbers
A Come bet begins in the Come box, then travels to its own number.

The short answer

The table point and each traveled Come bet are separate contracts. Making the table point ends the Pass Line round, but it does not erase a Come bet on another number. That Come number still wins if it rolls before 7 and loses if 7 rolls first.

Flat Come versus Come Odds

Flat Come versus Come Odds: Come-bet portion; Can you turn it off?; Typical next come-out status.
Come-bet portionCan you turn it off?Typical next come-out status
Flat Come bet after it travelsNo; it is generally a contract betWorking
Come OddsYes; normally removable or switchable between rollsOften off by default

“Off” applies only to the Odds portion unless the crew states otherwise. A player cannot protect the flat Come bet from a come-out 7 by calling the entire wager off.

Worked example: Come 10 after the table point wins

  1. The table point is 5.
  2. You have a $5 flat Come bet on 10 with $10 Come Odds.
  3. The shooter rolls 5. Pass wins, the puck turns OFF, and your Come 10 stays in place.
  4. The next roll is a new table come-out. Your $5 flat Come remains working. Assume the $10 Odds are off under that table’s default.
Worked example: Come 10 after the table point wins: Next come-out result; $5 flat Come 10; $10 Come Odds if off.
Next come-out result$5 flat Come 10$10 Come Odds if off
7LosesDoes not lose; returned or remains off under procedure
10Wins $5Does not win; returned with no Odds profit
New table point other than 10Stays on 10Normally returns to working status after the come-out
2, 3, 11, or 12No decision for the traveled Come 10Remains off for that roll

If 10 is rolled on that come-out, it can simultaneously establish 10 as the new table point and settle your older Come 10. The dealer pays the working flat portion. Off Odds do not receive a win.

What if you call the Odds working?

Before the roll, tell the dealer, “My Come Odds are working on the come-out.” Get acknowledgment; the crew may use an ON marker. With $10 working Odds on Come 10:

  • A come-out 7 loses both the $5 flat Come and $10 Odds.
  • A come-out 10 wins $5 on the flat portion and $20 on the Odds at 2 to 1.
  • Other totals do not decide that Come 10.

Working the Odds does not change the dice probability. It changes which dollars are exposed to 7 and which dollars can win when the Come number appears.

Never assume the default. Ask, “Are my Come Odds off on the come-out?” before the dice move. Some tables use different procedures, especially electronic or variant games.

Why the flat Come cannot be removed

The flat Come bet received its favorable first-roll outcomes when it was placed in the Come box: 7 or 11 won, while 2, 3, or 12 lost. If a box number traveled, the wager entered the less favorable number-versus-7 phase. The contract rule prevents a player from taking the bet down only after receiving the favorable part.

Come Odds are separate. They have no house edge when paid at true odds and normally can be added, reduced, removed, or called off between rolls.

Common mistakes

  • Thinking every part of a Come bet is off during the table come-out;
  • trying to remove the flat Come after it travels;
  • assuming an OFF button applies to every nearby stack;
  • forgetting to reactivate Odds after asking to leave them off;
  • confusing the table point with an individual Come point.

For the full first-roll and traveled-number sequence, read the Come bet guide and the Free Odds guide.

Reviewed by Sam: This answer consolidates two older reader-question posts. It states the common live-table default while making the house-rule check explicit.

Rule source

The contract-bet and Odds rules were checked against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s approved Craps and Mini-Craps rules. Individual tables may use different approved procedures.

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