Learn to Play Craps – Tricks and Tactics: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 03/21/2020 03:25 am by Philip
Be cunning, play clever, and become versed in craps the right way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the term for the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and across the nation. A great many think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he established the boxes for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.