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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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