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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.