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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 a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the nation. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.