It’s that payoffs on the other numbers are farther away from true odds. The most frequently rolled numbers are also the best for players, but it’s not the frequency that puts 6 and 8 among the good bets and 4, 5, 9 and 10 among the bad. There are four ways to make either 5 or 9 and three ways to make either 4 or 10. Either can be reached via five of 36 possible combinations of two dice, compared with six ways to make the loser 7. The most frequently rolled place numbers are 6 and 8. Your bet either remains in action or you can take it down. If you place 5, you win if the shooter rolls a 5, but lose on a 7. PLACE BETS ON 4, 5, 9 OR 10: On any place bet, you want to see the shooter roll your number before rolling a 7. There’s a division between the merely bad bets and the truly ugly, but any of them could and should be avoided. Making the worst bets amounts to reckless endangerment of your bankroll. A pass line bet with free odds is one the best bets you can make in a casino
