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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French moved south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and throughout the nation. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he created the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.