Pickup Craps – Pointers and Techniques: The History of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French headed down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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