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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the country. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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