Learn to Play Craps – Tips and Schemes: The Background of Craps
Posted in Craps on 01/29/2024 06:25 pm by Donovan
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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is approximately a century old. Current craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is said to have been made up by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s believed that Sir William’s soldiers played Hazard during a blockade on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when banished by the British, the French relocated south and settled in southern Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s believed that the Cajuns adjusted the title to craps, which is gotten 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 all over the nation. Most think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the modern craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.