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Dice and dice games date all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern craps evolved from the old English game called Hazard. No one absolutely knows the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the 12th century. It is supposed that Sir William's knights enjoyed Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the castle's name.

Early French colonists imported the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French moved south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it mathematically fair. It is said that the Cajuns changed the name to craps, which was acquired from the name of the losing throw of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game extended to the Mississippi riverboats and all over the nation. Most think the dice builder John H. Winn as the creator of modern craps. In 1907, Winn created the current craps layout. He created the Do not Pass line so players could wager on the dice to not win. At another time, he designed the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.