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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French headed down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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