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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French moved south and located refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.