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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French moved south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A few acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.