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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is acquired from the term for the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and all over the nation. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
