Become Versed in Craps – Tips and Plans: The Past of Craps

May 1st, 2020 by Kingston Leave a reply »

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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved down south and found refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A good many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.

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