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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps developed from the old English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved down south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he developed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
