Be brilliant, play clever, and become versed in craps the ideal way!

Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.