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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was derived from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A great many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he designed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.