Learn to Gamble on Craps – Tricks and Strategies: the Recorded History of Craps
Dice and dice based games go back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern day craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the very old British game known as Hazard. No one is certain of the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s rumored that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard for the duration of a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was developed from the fortress’s name.
Initial French colonizers brought the dice game Hazard to French North America (the colony of Acadia, which is Nova Scotia today). In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and located sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they left Nova Scotia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the dice game and made it more mathematically honest. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was attained from the name of the non-winning throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, called "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. Many see the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the shooter to not win. Later, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big six, Big eight, and Hardways.
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