Become Versed in Craps – Pointers and Plans: The Past of Craps
Be brilliant, play smart, and become versed in craps the correct way!
Dice and dice games date back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is presumed that Sir William’s horsemen wagered on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when exiled by the English, the French moved down south and discovered refuge in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the name of the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the current craps layout. He created the Don’t Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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