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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.