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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed 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 amid a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French moved south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title 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 throughout the nation. A great many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.