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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French moved down south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the nation. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he created the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.