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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and all over the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.