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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name 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 riverboats and throughout the nation. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.