Dice and dice based games go back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the ancient English game known as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is considered to have been invented by the British man, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is rumored that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard at the time of a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.
Initial French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada (the area of Acadia, which is Nova Scotia today). In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and happen upon refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically honest. It’s stated that the Cajuns amended the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern day craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He included the Do not Pass line so gamblers could bet on the shooter to lose. Later, he developed the areas for Place bets and added the Big six, Big eight, and Hardways.
March 14th, 2010
Hallie
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