Learn to Play Craps – Pointers and Plans: The Past of Craps

November 2nd, 2020 by Kingston Leave a reply »

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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he invented the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.

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