Become Versed in Craps – Hints and Schemes: The Background of Craps
Be clever, play smart, and learn how to play craps the proper way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves date all the way back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about one hundred years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the origin of the game, however Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It is theorized that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 1700s, when expelled by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the losing throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can bet on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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