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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French headed south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.