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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French headed south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.