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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.

Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French moved south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name 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 migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A great many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.