Be smart, play cunning, and discover how to play craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.