There are a lot of debates concerning craps history. The history of the dice and the dice games history in general is few thousands years old. But modern craps is much younger - only hundred years old. There are several versions to the "true" craps history, yet there are several facts that are accepted by all experts and historians. To begin with, the modern variant of the craps game certainly originates from an ancient English game called Hazard. Some scholars believe that Hazard descended from an Arabic dice game Al Zar and then came to Europe with the merchants. Some evidences for dice games even in Egypt dating back to 2600 BC allow the scientists to be sure that the Arabic world was the place where craps games appeared first. Some evidences indicate that in the time of the Holy Roman Empire the game of craps was also popular. Soldiers in the Roman Legions used to shave down pig knuckles into the shapes of cubes, and toss them onto their inverted shields as a form of entertainment while in camp. Therefore the expression "to roll the bones" appeared. The game Hazard became very popular in England and it was played almost in every tavern in the country. A lot of people, even nobility, liked this game very much and it was played in the most luxuriant casinos of England. Having adopted the game from their neighbors, the French changed the name of it.*The French called this game Craps which is a corruption of "Crabs". Maybe the game came to America with the French and maybe with the British. At the beginning of the 19th century craps history takes another turn as John H. Winn simplified Craps and invented the modern layout to the game. In spite of the decrease in the popularity of craps at the beginning of the 1990's craps is still popular thanks to the Internet age. A great number of people play craps online nowadays.

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