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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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