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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French headed south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.