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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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