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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French relocated down south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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