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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the ancient Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French headed down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.