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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.