Become Versed in Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Be cunning, play clever, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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