Usually
playing from $1 to $5, but sometimes as high as
$10, the bettor is betting that a hot shooter
will set and make multiple valued points; in order
for the points to count towards the Fire Bet,
they must all be different. For instance, a player
that hits a point of 5 twice would get credit
for only one point on his or her Fire bet, rather
than two, because it was the same number.
The
fire symbol the dealer places on the layout will
mark the different points as the shooter makes
them. For the first three points hit, there are
no payoffs. However, increasing odds are paid
for the fourth, fifth, and sixth points; 25 to
1 odds are paid for the fourth point, which would
be $125 for a $5 bet; the fifth point pays at
250-1 odds, which is $1250 for a $5 bet; and the
sixth point pays, as you state, considerably more
at 1,000 to 1 odds: $5000 for five buckaroos.
While
having an enormous payday of $5,000 for a $5 bet
might whet your appetite to grab the bet, it doesn't
change the fact that this wager is easily the
worst one you can make on a crap game, with a
huge house edge of 24.70%.
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