Be cunning, play cunning, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps developed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and all over the country. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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