Pickup Craps – Tricks and Plans: The History of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when driven away by the English, the French moved down south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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