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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French moved down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.