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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and across the country. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he developed the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.