Be a Master of Craps – Hints and Techniques: The Past of Craps
Posted in Craps on 08/05/2025 11:25 pm by Donovan
Be clever, play cunning, and become versed in craps the ideal way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Modern craps formed from the 12th Century Anglo game referred to as Hazard. Nobody absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William’s soldiers gambled on Hazard during a blockade on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The name Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Acadia. In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and found sanctuary in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they brought their favored game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it mathematically fair. It’s believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi barges and all over the nation. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of modern craps. In 1907, Winn assembled the current craps layout. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he designed the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.