Jan 242025
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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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