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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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