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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French headed down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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