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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. A few think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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