Be a Master of Craps – Pointers and Plans: The Past of Craps
Be clever, play cunning, and discover how to play craps the ideal way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard through a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. Many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps layout. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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