Dice and dice games go back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient British game titled Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is considered to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is alleged that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard at the time of a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the dice game Hazard to Canada (the colony of Acadia, which is now Nova Scotia). In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and discovered refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the dice game and made it more statistically honest. It is stated that the Cajuns amended the name to craps, which was attained from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and around the union. Many see the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern day craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps table design. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the shooter to not win. Later, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big six, Big eight, and Hardways.
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