Understand how to Compete in Craps - Tricks and Schemes: the Recorded History of Craps

Dice and dice based games go back to the Crusades, but modern craps is only about 100 years old. Modern day craps developed from the archaic British game titled Hazard. No one knows for sure the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is considered to have been designed by the British man, Sir William of Tyre, in the 1300's. It's alleged that Sir William's soldiers bet on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle's name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to French North America (the area of Acadia, which is Nova Scotia today). In the 18th century, when expelled by the British, the French headed south and found safety in southern Louisiana where they eventually became Cajuns. When they left Nova Scotia, they brought their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns modernized the game and developed it to be more statistically honest. It's believed that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was developed from the term for the non-winning roll of 2 in the game of Hazard, called "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Many see the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn developed the modern craps table design. He put in place the Do not Pass line so folks could bet on the shooter to not win. Later, he developed the areas for Place wagers and added the Big six, Big eight, and Hardways.

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