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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French moved south and discovered 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 more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
