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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps evolved from the old English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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