Master Craps – Tips and Techniques: The Past of Craps
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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for certain the origin of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s knights bet on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of two in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so players could bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he developed the spots for Place bets and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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