Oct 152020
Be smart, play smart, and learn how to play craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French headed down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he designed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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