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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Modern craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French relocated south and discovered refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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