The Recorded History of Craps
The recorded history 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 1813. Hazard is believed to be a offshoot of Azzahr, which means ‘the die’ a game enjoyed by Arabs.
The game evolved as it spread out from the Arab territories to Europe and then to England. By the early 1700s, formal rules for Hazard had been established. France adopted the English variation of Hazard and is assumed to have been imported to the new world by early French colonizers. In the mid-18th century, when the English beat the French in Canada, the French colonizers migrated to Louisiana. Dice were enjoyed on river boats, clubs and wharfs and a modernized ‘US’ style of Craps was developed. The game headed west and is a favoured game that is competed in all over the United States and around the planet.
The name ‘Craps’ is believed to be a French enunciation of the word crabs, which means a pair of ones. There are two basic forms of Craps that are enjoyed-street Craps and bank Craps. Street caps, correctly named because it’s bet on the streets is where a hurler establishes a point and then attempts to make that point. The wagering is made either for or opposed to the shooter and another player has to cover the bet for the craps game to continue.
In casino Craps, which is the common game, gambled on in casinos, the betting house banks the casino game. The participants compete against the house-the house covers all of the wagers of all of the individuals. Craps was a quite well-loved game but in the last 20 years had split itself and different games, like poker and black jack became more well-loved. However, Craps is seeing a come back in fame once again in net betting houses and in real world betting houses.