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The history of Craps dates all the way back to a dice game called Hazard, which dates back to Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in 1813. Hazard is thought to be a offshoot of Azzahr, meaning ‘the die’ a game enjoyed by Arabs.

The game developed as it traveled from the Arab regions to Europe and then England. By the early 1700s, formal rules for Hazard had been developed. France started playing the English version of Hazard and is thought to have been brought to America by early French colonizers. In the mid-18th century, when the English defeated the French in Canada, the French colonizers migrated to Louisiana. Dice were enjoyed on river boats, clubs and wharfs and a simplified ‘American’ style of Craps was developed. The game moved west and is a favored game that is competed in all over the United States and around the world.

The name ‘Craps’ is theorized to be a French pronunciation of the term crabs, which means a pair of ‘1s’. There are two general varieties of Craps that are enjoyed-street Craps and casino Craps. Street caps, aptly called because it’s played on the streets is where a player sets a point and then tries to acquire that point. The betting is made either with or opposed to the hurler and another player has to cover the bet in order for the dice game to continue.

In casino Craps, which is the familiar game, wagered on in casinos, the betting house funds the casino game. The players gamble against the casino-the casino covers all of the bets of all of the individuals. Craps was a quite loved game but in the past twenty years had divided itself and different games, like poker and black jack became even more well-loved. However, Craps is experiencing a come back in popularity once again in web casinos and in land based casinos.