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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French moved south and discovered sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he established the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.