Be a Master of Craps – Tips and Schemes: The Past of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when displaced by the British, the French moved down south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the losing toss 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 good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he created the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.