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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
