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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
