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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard amid a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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