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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps come about from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French headed down south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.