Pickup Craps – Tricks and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 05/04/2007 08:25 am by Philip
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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was derived from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He added the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he developed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.