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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights played Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French relocated south and located sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the country. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.