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The background of Craps dates all the way back to a dice game called Hazard, which dates all the way back to Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in Eightteen Thirteen. Hazard is believed to be a byproduct of Azzahr, which means ‘the die’ a game played by Arabs.

The game developed as it traveled from the Arab regions to Europe and then to England. By the early 1700s, formal rules for Hazard had been developed. France started playing the British variation of Hazard and is believed to have been brought to the us by early French settlers. In the mid-Eighteenth century, when the British beat the French in Canada, the French colonists relocated to Louisiana. Dice were played on river boats, clubs and wharfs and a simplified ‘US’ version of Craps was developed. The game headed west and is a popular game that is played all over the U.S. and throughout the world.

The name ‘Craps’ is considered to be a French pronunciation of the word crabs, which means two ones. There are two general varieties of Craps that are played-street Craps and casino Craps. Street caps, accurately called seeing as it’s bet on the streets is where a shooter makes a point and then attempts to acquire that point. The wagering is made either for or against the player and another person has to cover the bet for the dice game to go ahead.

In casino Craps, which is the popular game, gambled on in casinos, the betting house funds the game. The gamblers wager with the house-the casino covers all of the bets of all of the gamblers. Craps once was a very popular game but in the past twenty years had split itself and different games, such as poker and blackjack became even more well-liked. However, Craps is seeing a come back in fame once again in online betting houses and in land based betting houses.

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