Heavy's Axis Power Craps Forum

On a recent trip the shooter to my right passed me the dice after he had set the point. I made the point then set and made two more. During my time shooting there was a stick change. After I rolled a seven out the stick sent the dice to the person to my left. Thinking that the stick was not aware the dice had been passed to me I asked why my turn to shoot was being given to the next shooter? I told him the dice were passed to me mid hand. He told me that since I made the point established by another player then set my own it had become my hand or turn to shoot and the dice went to the next shooter. The stick asked the box to confirm his ruling and of course the box backed his stick with a strange look on his face. Was this the correct interpretation of the rules? Thanks
Coaster

I've heard that before, but know what the rule is, or if the state or casino set the rule.

Noah

Others may have better info but I have seen it go a few different ways at the tables over the years including the way you explained. I would guess it is casino and probably even crew dependent.
It does stop play but the one time it happened to me and I got the dice I asked the box man the rule to clarify before I started shooting. Obviously, I was not going to give up my turn no matter how they explained it but I did want to know up front how it would be handled. They seemed OK with me asking.

They were winging it. They pretty much can make whatever call they want. Many properties will allow you to have a second hand right after you toss the hand that was passed to you. No clear cut "rule", more of a courtesy.

Personal observation : Far more hands end with a S/O in fewer than THREE rolls when a shooter abandons( yields)
the dice and another player finishes out the hand....Seems to more be "CREW SPECIFIC" than a carved in stone
if the "REPLACEMENT SHOOTER " who finished out that hand to the Seven Out or the dice pass in clockwise to
the next player....Only once when a player finished an abandoned hand , and they were offered to
"The next shooter",
have I witnessed ALL the other players
showing the class to keep the dice passing round an back to the player who completed the abandoned hand
after it was sent to the next available shooter.

w c

My experience - if you seven out quickly after the dice are passed to you then you get them right back. If, as happened in your case, you make a pass, toss a bunch of numbers and maybe make another pass - forget about it. Not because of any rule. Simply because you are not the guy at the table they want handling the dice. You could always make a stink and ask a floor supervisor - and even ask for a copy of the dealer manual, which I understand by law in most states must be available to the public 24/7. But if it gets to that point there will be nothing but bad karma if you get the dice back, so why bother. Let's move along and keep the game going on an even keel.

Yep Heavy, that was my thinking after the “strange face” from the box. I didn’t want all the bad mojo coming down on me from then on so after a quick question I insisted they move along and pass the dice. In all honesty I knew the guy shooting who passed the dice. He had just seen me toss a decent hand the previous time around the table. He happened to be a practiced shooter but his shot was a bit off since he had tossed three sevens during his come out (not trying to). I was just interested to know if there is a hard and fast solid rule or if it kind of is a make it up as you go kinda thing. Thanks guys, I’ll never ask for the dice back again. BTW a few of the other players did chime in and wanted me to shoot again and to tell the truth that thought was in my mind when I got the dice and as I was shooting. My fault, I need to stay focused on what matters not what if.
Coaster

I've seen it go both ways. IF you have a good stick person and something else doesn't distract them, they'll tell the person tapping in that you get to shoot again. If not, which is the majority of the time you are probably SOL.

I think most places just continue with the natural order of things, rules or no rules.

Twice now, in two different casinos, I have been at SL1 and the dice came to SR1. SR1 made a point and THEN decided he didn't want to shoot at SR1 and MOVED to SL2. He proceeded to SO on the next toss. At that point, I SHOULD have got the dice next but, was PASSED by to SL straight out. I didn't verbally challenge but, raised my hands in the air with a WTF look on my face. Stick and box looked at me like I was stupid...go figure???