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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the country. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
