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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved down south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. Many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.