Pickup Craps – Pointers and Plans: The Past of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived 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 barges and all over the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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