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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A few think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.