Become Versed in Craps – Pointers and Techniques: The Past of Craps
Be cunning, play brilliant, and master craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French headed south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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