Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Tactics: 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 current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is acquired from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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