Master Craps – Tips and Strategies: The Background of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Modern craps developed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s paladins gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the term for the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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