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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps developed from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved down south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players can wager 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.