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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French relocated down south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.