Pickup Craps – Pointers and Plans: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 02/14/2016 05:21 pm by Donovan
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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern craps developed from the old English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is theorized that Sir William’s soldiers wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 1700s, when banished by the English, the French relocated down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was acquired from the name of the bad luck toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he invented the spaces for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.