Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Tactics: The Past of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French headed down south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was acquired from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and across the country. A few acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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