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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French moved down south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he established the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.