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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 beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French relocated south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.