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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the nation. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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