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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.