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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French headed south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.