Master Craps – Hints and Schemes: The Background of Craps
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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard amid a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was derived from the name of the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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