Be a Master of Craps – Tricks 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 just about a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French headed down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and across the country. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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