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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French headed down south and discovered safety in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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