Master Craps – Hints and Schemes: The Background of Craps
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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Most acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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