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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
