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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A good many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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