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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French relocated down south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.