Learn to Play Craps – Hints and Schemes: The History of Craps
Be smart, play cunning, and pickup craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about a century old. Modern craps developed from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s knights wagered on Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and discovered safety in southern Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and across the country. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He created the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he created the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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