Become Versed in Craps – Tricks and Plans: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 05/19/2020 02:25 pm by Donovan
Be cunning, play brilliant, and become versed in craps the right way!
Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps come about from the old English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the ancestry of the game, but Hazard is said to have been created by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when driven away by the British, the French headed south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they were driven out of Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it more mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the bad luck toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, recognized as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi barges and throughout the country. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the modern craps layout. He added the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to lose. At another time, he designed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.