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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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