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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the country. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he designed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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