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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.