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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the origin of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French headed south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.

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