a bet i've never seen before.

[HornHighJoe]

I think this is the proper forum to post this in.

I was playing in a Quebec casino, $10 min, and I heard the dealer say "toss me a dollar, if you want to buy the 10 (the point)".
I see the dollar get tossed in and didn't think much of it. But then I looked at the 10 and only saw a $10 and $15 bet, with no buy button.
I look at the other box numbers in case i misheard the number and saw no buy button or any bets that would warrant a buy of the 5/9.
But then I noticed the player had his $10 bet (with the buy button on top), on the actual bottom line of the pass line area, half way between where a pass line bet and a free odds bet would be.
This happen 2 other occasions (one where the point was again a 10 and another when it was a 6) and when the point was made the player would get paid the same as a place bet, accept in order with the other pass line betters.

I am assuming this is a courtesy bet, like placing a bet on the line between 2nd and 3rd dozen in roulette?
It was not a full table, so it would not slow the game down, so I was curious why they were made.
Is this a standard bet that can be made at all casinos but just not usually implemented?

Thanks

[Craps75]

I know in Tunica if you don't have money on the pass line you can place the point number by putting your chip on the outside line of the pass line.

[Mad Professor]

Hi Stoic,

As C75 said, it's a self-serve way of Place-betting the PL-Point.

Instead of the dealer having to position the wager in the appropriate Place-bet box; the self-serve method for Place-betting the current PL-Point, is to position your properly-sized wager on the bottom of the Passline's bottom white line (between where Passline wager and your PL-Odds would go).

It's an old-school method, so if a dealer hasn't heard about it; they ain't been around for as long as they think they have.

MP

[Dave73]

So if the point was 6 or 8 the correct wager would be $6 (12,18,etc) on the line with a $7 payout?

[Michael]

Dave73,
You are correct.