Pickup Craps – Hints and Plans: The History of Craps
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Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Current craps come about from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French headed down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was derived from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so players could wager 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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