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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French moved south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.