Be a Master of Craps – Pointers and Strategies: The Past of Craps
Be smart, play clever, and master craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps formed from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated down south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A few think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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