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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
