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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French relocated down south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.