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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.