Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Strategies: The History of Craps
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Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French relocated down south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought 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 was derived from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the nation. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he designed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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