Below is a photo of the layout of a card craps table at Harrah's Rincon in San Diego. Those round markers (discs) in the center of the point boxes show that all six passes were made for the maximum Fire Bet payoff of 1,000 for every $1 bet. I had $5 on the Fire Bet at this table and so did five other players and each of us received $5,000 which actually was $4,995 plus the return of our original $5 wager.
We each received a W2G for this bet -- and it's the only time a W2G is issued at a craps game. Even if you bet $1,000 on the hard-6 and it hits paying $10,000 (actually $9,000 plus your original bet) there is no W2G.
As all slot and video poker players know, a pay of $1200 or more generates a W2G.
But what I'd like to know is why is the W2G from the Fire Bet for $4,995 and not for $5,000 but if you bet $5 at video poker and hit a royal for $4,000 the W2G is for $4,000 and not $3,995 ??
To put it another way: why is the original bet included in the payoff of the W2G for video poker and also slot machines, but it is not included in the W2G for the Fire Bet at craps?
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