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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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