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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody 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 twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A few consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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