Pickup Craps – Pointers and Strategies: The Past of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps formed from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French headed down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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