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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps developed from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French moved down south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.