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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.