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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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