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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is just about a century old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century English game referred to as Hazard. No one knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is believed to have been made up by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It's presumed that Sir William's paladins bet on Hazard during a siege on the castle Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel's name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French moved down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they at a later time became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they brought their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it more mathematically fair. It's believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is gotten from the term for the non-winning throw of snake-eyes in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and throughout the country. A few consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps layout. He put in place the Don't Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. Later, he designed the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.