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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and discovered refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A great many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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