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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard amid a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved down south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the term for the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he established the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.