Learn to Play Craps – Tricks and Plans: The Past of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French headed south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was derived from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.