Pickup Craps – Tips and Strategies: The Background of Craps
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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French headed south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.