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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A few consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.