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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and found refuge in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.