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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 formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s knights played Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps setup. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he established the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.