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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and all over the nation. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager 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.
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