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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen wagered on Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French relocated south and discovered sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.