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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard amid a siege on the castle 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 expelled by the English, the French relocated south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is acquired from the term for the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and all over the country. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.