Be a Master of Craps – Tricks and Plans: The History of Craps
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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard during a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he designed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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