Pickup Craps – Hints and Techniques: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 12/21/2021 10:25 pm by Donovan
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Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately a century old. Current craps come about from the old Anglo game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It’s believed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard through a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was gotten from the castle’s name.
Early French settlers brought the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when driven away by the British, the French relocated south and found refuge in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is said that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which was derived from the term for the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi riverboats and throughout the nation. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to not win. Later, he designed the boxes for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.