Become Versed in Craps – Hints and Plans: The History of Craps
Be clever, play cunning, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the ancient English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the British, the French moved down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.