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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.