Discover how to Wager on Craps - Hints and Schemes: the History of Craps

Dice and dice based games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern day craps is just about one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the ancient British game titled Hazard. No one is certain of the origin of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William's knights bet on Hazard at the time of a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle's name.

Early French colonizers brought the dice game Hazard to French North America (the colony of Acadia, which is Nova Scotia today). In the 1700s, when driven away by the English, the French moved south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the dice game and made it more statistically honest. It's said that the Cajuns amended the name to craps, which was developed from the name of the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, called "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi river boats and throughout the territory. Many see the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps table design. He put in place the Don't Pass line so folks could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he developed the spaces for Place wagers and added the Big six, Big eight, and Hardways.

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