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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the nation. Many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.