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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French headed down south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.