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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French relocated down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and across the country. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.