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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French moved south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and across the country. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.