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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was acquired from the term for the bad luck throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he established the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.