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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and discovered refuge in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
