Learn to Play Craps – Tips and Schemes: The Background of Craps
Be cunning, play brilliant, and master craps the right way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps developed from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the origin of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s horsemen wagered on Hazard through a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and found safety in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi scows and across the nation. A good many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn designed the current craps setup. He added the Don’t Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. Later, he established the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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