Pickup Craps – Tips and Strategies: The History of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French relocated south and discovered safety in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the bad luck throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.