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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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