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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.