A brief history of Craps

Category: Craps

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Craps is a game with a historical story. The oldest games in the world use dice.

Since gambling is based on luck, dice one of the most efficient methods for random vortechnologischen available. Moreover, the possibility cube built, much older than the possibility of cards built, because all stones in the form of cubes can accept, while paper maps.

Hazard

The modern game of Craps has its origin in a game called Hazard, the 14th in England Century popular. Hazard has similar rules as craps – a player chooses one point, called “Mainland”, 5 to 9


If the player raises the main, he wins. If he is a 2 or 3 raises, he loses. If he throws 11 or 12 wins or loses depending on the Main. For other was 11 and 12 for both losers. The thrower gets chances of winning depend on the Main which he chose.

Craps

In the early 19th Century saw the gentleman and notorious player Bernard de Marigny Hazard of England to his home in New Orleans. The name of the game was Crapaud, toad for the French. Later it was to Craps, as the rules on the type of craps developed, as we know it today.

Modern Craps

While Craps with to the base of many casinos, you can also everywhere, from inner city streets, up to computers that are online, can be found in private homes.