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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.