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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French moved south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A great many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.