Become Versed in Craps – Pointers and Strategies: The Background of Craps
Be clever, play clever, and pickup craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and discovered sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. A great many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the current craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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