Be a Master of Craps – Tips and Strategies: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 09/06/2019 07:25 pm by Donovan
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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps evolved from the old Anglo game called Hazard. No one knows for sure the ancestry of the game, although Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is believed that Sir William’s horsemen gambled on Hazard through a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when expelled by the English, the French headed down south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He appended the Do not 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.