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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French relocated south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he created the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
