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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived 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 scows and across the country. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.