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Become Versed in Craps – Hints and Plans: The Past of Craps
Be smart, play cunning, and pickup craps the ideal way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins played 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 expelled by the British, the French relocated down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.