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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved down south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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