Craps Tips

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Be brilliant, play smart, and become versed in craps the right way!

Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.