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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French headed down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the country. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he established the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.