Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Tactics: The History of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.