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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French headed south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten 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 across the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.