Master Craps – Tricks and Plans: The Past of Craps
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Dice and dice games date back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately one hundred years old. Current craps evolved from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one absolutely knows the beginnings of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s soldiers bet on Hazard amid a siege on the fortress Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the fortification’s name.
Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when displaced by the English, the French moved down south and found sanctuary in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns modernized the game and made it fair mathematically. It’s said that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the term for the losing toss of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi scows and all over the country. A good many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He appended the Don’t Pass line so gamblers could bet on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the spots for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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