Become Versed in Craps – Tricks and Techniques: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 11/26/2020 08:25 am by Philip
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Current craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the origin of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins bet on Hazard amid a siege on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and located safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the bad luck throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A great many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can 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.