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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps evolved from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he created the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.