Master Craps – Pointers and Schemes: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 07/29/2026 05:25 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. Current craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the citadel’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when banished by the British, the French moved down south and located safety in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the country. Most consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.