Learn to Play Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 02/18/2016 05:21 pm by Philip
Be smart, play cunning, and master craps the correct way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was acquired from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. A good many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.