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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and discovered refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
