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Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes all the way back to the Crusades, but current craps is approximately 100 years old. Current craps developed from the ancient Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the beginnings of the game, although Hazard is believed to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, sometime in the 12th century. It's theorized that Sir William's soldiers enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortress's name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French moved south and located safety in the south of Louisiana where they at a later time became known as Cajuns. When they fled Acadia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns simplified the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the title to craps, which was gotten from the name of the bad luck throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. Most consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In 1907, Winn built the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Afterwords, he invented the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.