Exploring Craps

It is believed that craps came from the English game Hazard, which, it was said, was played twelfth-century soldiers in the Third Crusade. There is a probability that Hazard was brought to American by English settlers aboard the Mayflower.

The game Hazard boomed in New Orleans during the 1800s, where the French decided to term it craps. The rules and the odds have changed over time, and several variations have also appeared.

It was John H. Winn who decided to change the game. He changed the layout and made it possible for players to bet on right or wrong. When Nevada legalized gambling, Casino Craps was one of the popular games played.

As long as craps existed the craps players tried to beat the house anyway they could. Hundreds of betting and progressive craps systems were created, the crooked dice were used and the dream to control the perfect dice on casino tables preoccupied the brain and imagination of the crapshooters.