Become Versed in Craps – Hints and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Be brilliant, play cunning, and master craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French relocated south and discovered safety in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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