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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French headed down south and discovered refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.