Be cunning, play cunning, and become versed in craps the right way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French headed down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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