Learn to Play Craps – Pointers and Tactics: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 09/18/2024 03:25 am by Philip
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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French moved down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the nation. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he established the spaces for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.