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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the nation. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.