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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps formed from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated down south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their best-loved 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 name of the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he developed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.