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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard during a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.