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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps come about from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and discovered safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.