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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A few think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.