Jun 022018
Be cunning, play clever, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French moved south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the nation. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he created the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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