Master Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Be cunning, play cunning, and master craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French moved down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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