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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French relocated south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.