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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps developed from the old English game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French headed down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A few consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.