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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen 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 British, the French relocated down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.