Be a Master of Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Background of Craps

May 5th, 2023 by Kingston Leave a reply »

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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps come about from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.

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