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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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