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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps formed from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.