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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he designed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.