The background of Craps dates back to a dice game known as Hazard, which goes all the way back to Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in Early 1800’s. Hazard is believed to be a descendant of Azzahr, meaning ‘the die’ a game enjoyed by Arabs.
The game evolved as it spread out from the Arab territories to France and then to the UK. By the early eighteenth century, formal rules for Hazard had been developed. France adopted the British version of Hazard and is believed to have been imported to the new world by early French colonizers. In the mid-1700s, when the English defeated the French in British North America, the French colonizers moved to Louisiana. Dice were played on river boats, clubs and wharfs and a simplified ‘American’ version of Craps was developed. The game headed west and is a popular game that is competed in all over the United States and throughout the world.
The name ‘Craps’ is presumed to be a French articulation of the term crabs, which alludes to two ‘1s’. There are 2 general forms of Craps that are bet on-street Craps and casino Craps. Street caps, accurately named since it is played on the streets is where a player sets a point and then attempts to roll that point. The betting is made either for or against the hurler and another person has to cover the wager in order for the game to carry on.
In casino Craps, which is the accepted game, wagered on in betting houses, the betting house funds the game. The gamblers play with the casino-the house covers all of the bets of all of the players. Craps was a quite well-liked casino game but in the past twenty years had divided itself and different games, such as poker and blackjack became more well-loved. However, Craps is observing a come back in recognition once again in online casinos and in brink and mortar casinos.