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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.