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Dice and dice games go back to the Crusades, but modern day craps is just about 100 years old. Modern day craps flourished from the archaic British game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been developed by the British man, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s rumored that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard for the duration of a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Initial French colonizers imported the dice game Hazard to Canada (the colony of Acadia, which is now Nova Scotia). In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French relocated south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the dice game and made it more statistically honest. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name of the game to craps, which was attained from the term for the non-winning toss of two in the dice game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and all over the union. Many see the die maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps table design. He put in place the Do not Pass line so folks could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big six, Big 8, and Hardways.
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