How much can a player wager on Free Odds in Craps?

Common sense notwithstanding, what amount can a player wager on Free Odds?

I am quite aware that for the best result, you need to place as much as you can behind the line to cut the house edge.

I have been to 4 separate casinos recently. Two say you can put anything behind the line, two say it must be the minimum.

I suppose this survey can be taken two ways: What do you THINK it should be, and what is the most COMMON way you've seen? I'll leave it to the responder to decide.

Ive gone with the table minimum, as that seems to make the most sense to me procedurally.

Although from a Dealers perspective I would prefer if it was at least the original wager.

I think it should be anything, as long as you understand that the payout is going to be less if you're betting whites. Anything less than $5 on a 6/8 will get even money, and a buck on a 5/9 will also get even money (usually).

Most people will bet the same amount or more of their line bet, because if you're willing to risk that much on a "bad" bet, why not risk that much or more on a "free" bet?

We were fooling around with the dealer odds the other day, putting odds behind the dealer line bet. On a 5/9 we bet one and kept pressuring the dealer to drop three (i.e., "round up). She did and got in trouble for it. We never found out if a $4 6/8 bet would pay $5 or not, because the shooter never made that point!

I voted table minimum, since free odds also include laying odds on the "Don'ts". While I have never seen it, I don't think they would allow you to lay $1 for what would be a fractional payout.

Quote: Ayecarumba

I voted table minimum, since free odds also include laying odds on the "Don'ts". While I have never seen it, I don't think they would allow you to lay $1 for what would be a fractional payout.

How about two to win one, or three to win two? An aside: I was playing at a $1 dice table, and was testing the dealers to see what the odds payouts were. It was 2x odds. I played the don'ts, and tried to lay six to win four on a 5/9 point. They wouldn't let me do that.

Quote: Dween

I have been to 4 separate casinos recently. Two say you can put anything behind the line, two say it must be the minimum.

Actually it's variable, especially for laying odds. As I've posted here before, Bally's LV insists on a table minimum, to the extent that at a $10 table I could not even lay $12. It had to be $15. No reason was available over a couple of days other than, "It's the house rule."