Learn to Play Craps – Tips and Strategies: The Background of Craps
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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he developed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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