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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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