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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French headed south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.