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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps developed from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French moved south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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