Learn to Play Craps – Tips and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 06/13/2022 07:25 pm by Philip
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps evolved from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s soldiers enjoyed Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the British, the French headed south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn developed the current craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the boxes for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.