Be cunning, play cunning, and master craps the correct way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the country. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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