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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.