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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and discovered sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he developed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.