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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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