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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed down south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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