Craps
The plays with dice exist since the paddle of humanity. The first dice were problablement manufactured starting from bone of animals or starting from wood like the oak.
At one time at the time of exchange with Europeans in the Middle Ages, this set of dice again crossed the Mediterranean to be adopted by French like "hasar" or "chance". During the wars between France and England with 13th and 14th century, the English knights reported the play on their premises as "a hazard" - which wants then means to take a chance or to take a risk.
When English played, they called smallest pulling "crabs". After the wars, the French soldiers chose a variation of the play of the English prisoners, but all while maintaining their independence linguistic, chose "crabs". at the 18th century, the French colonists carried with them the play in Canada. England then extended its power towards the north, which moved Canadian of French origin towards Louisianne towards the end of the century or a simplified version of the play appeared under the name of "creps", the Cajun version of "crabs".
When the boats Cajun go down the Mississippi, the famous ones as of were presented at people of English language, this time of American, who adopted the play and named the play "craps". The Americans invaded the West, all the saloons and gaming room adopted the play. After the American civil war, a manufacturer of dice makes an innovation which was going to change the world of this play considering even an imperfect die could be to play because betting for or against the pulling of the die and who then gave to the players more chance to gain and to bet.
Today, the tables of craps are easy to locate in the casinos where the crowd looks with fascination the dice to launch out.
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