Master Craps – Tips and Schemes: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 04/12/2019 11:25 am by Philip
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Current craps formed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the origin of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins played Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the name of the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He added the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.