Figure out how to Bet on Craps – Tips and Strategies: the Recorded History of Craps
Dice and dice games go back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about 100 years old. Modern craps flourished from the very old English game named Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is considered to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is rumored that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard for the duration of a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was developed from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada (the colony of Acadia, which is Nova Scotia today). In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French relocated south and happen upon sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the dice game and developed it to be more statistically fair. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name of the game to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss of two in the dice game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the union. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so individuals could wager on the dice to lose. Later, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big eight, and Hardways.