Master Craps – Pointers and Techniques: The Background of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time 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 mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the bad luck throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the country. Most acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he invented the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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