Master Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Past of Craps
by Larry on Saturday, June 21st, 2025
Be cunning, play cunning, and master craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Current craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights played Hazard amid a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the modern craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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