Master Craps – Tricks and Plans: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 03/28/2018 04:25 pm by Donovan
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is just about 100 years old. Current craps formed from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been created by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen bet on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the castle’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favored game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which is acquired from the term for the bad luck toss of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and across the nation. Many acknowledge the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn designed the modern craps setup. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Afterwords, he established the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.