Be a Master of Craps – Tips and Plans: The Past of Craps
Be smart, play smart, and discover how to play craps the right way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the origin of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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