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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
