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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 come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard during a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is gotten 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 scows and throughout the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.