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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and across the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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