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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps come about from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved south and discovered safety in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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