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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated south and discovered refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.