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January
Written by Frederick.
Posted in: Craps
Be clever, play clever, and learn how to play craps the proper way!
Games that use dice and the dice themselves goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is just about a century old. Modern craps come about from the 12th Century Anglo game called Hazard. Nobody knows for sure the birth of the game, however Hazard is said to have been invented by the Anglo, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s supposed that Sir William’s paladins enjoyed Hazard during a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the citadel’s name.
Early French colonists brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 1700s, when exiled by the British, the French relocated south and settled in the south of Louisiana where they after a while became Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, along. The Cajuns broke down the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns changed the title to craps, which is derived from the term for the bad luck throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game migrated to the Mississippi river boats and all over the country. A great many think the dice maker John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In the early 1900s, Winn built the current craps layout. He put in place the Don’t Pass line so players can wager on the dice to not win. Later, he created the spots for Place wagers and put in place the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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