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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French relocated south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A few consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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