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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists 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 eventually became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
