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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.