Become Versed in Craps – Pointers and Strategies: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 09/07/2017 04:25 pm by Philip
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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved down south and located refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi barges and across the country. A few think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.