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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French relocated down south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.