Be a Master of Craps – Tips and Tactics: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 10/08/2022 03:25 am by Philip
Be clever, play smart, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the ancient English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’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 settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the name of the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so players could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.