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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title 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 extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. A great many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.