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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen wagered on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French headed down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.