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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the old English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and across the country. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.