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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French headed south and found refuge in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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