Master Craps – Hints and Plans: The Background of Craps
Be smart, play smart, and master craps the right way!
Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French headed down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which is acquired from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he designed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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