Become Versed in Craps – Tricks and Schemes: The Background of Craps
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves date back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s presumed that Sir William’s paladins wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French relocated down south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they a while later became known as Cajuns. When they departed 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 altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the name of the losing toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. A few think the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps setup. He appended the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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