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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one 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 is theorized that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French moved down south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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