Be a Master of Craps – Pointers and Techniques: The History of Craps
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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A great many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he developed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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