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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.