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November
Written by Frederick.
Posted in: Craps
Be clever, play smart, and learn how to play craps the proper way!
Dice and dice games goes all the way back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern craps formed from the ancient English game referred to as Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the beginnings of the game, but Hazard is believed to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s horsemen played Hazard amid a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was gotten from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Nova Scotia. In the 18th century, when banished by the English, the French moved south and discovered refuge in the south of Louisiana where they a while later became Cajuns. When they left Acadia, they took their best-loved game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns adjusted the name to craps, which was gotten from the name of the losing toss of 2 in the game of Hazard, known as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi riverboats and across the country. A good many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the creator of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn assembled the modern craps setup. He created the Do not Pass line so players can bet on the dice to lose. At another time, he developed the spaces for Place bets and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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