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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights played Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was derived from the term for the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.