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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.