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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French relocated south and located safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
