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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French headed down south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.