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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French headed south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved 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 bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he designed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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