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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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