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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps come about from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French relocated south and found refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he established the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
