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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French headed down south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.