Feb 202020
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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French moved south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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