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Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Plans: The Background of Craps
September 10th, 2018 by Gina
[ English ]

Be brilliant, play smart, and discover how to play craps the correct way!

Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French headed down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he created the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.


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