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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French headed down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the nation. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
