Craps
Craps
Craps is a dice game in which players bet on the outcomes of the roll of a pair of dice. Players can wager money against each other (playing "street craps") or against a bank ("casino craps"). Because it requires little equipment, "street craps" can be played in informal settings. While shooting craps, players may use slang terminology to place bets and actions.
History
!Craps being played by children in a street in [St Louis, Missouri, circa 1912](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Truants%2C%22RedSt.Clair%2C%22andchumshootingcrapsinfrontofMurphy%27sBranchat11-00A.M.aschoolday.Redisboss...-NARA-523289.jpg/250px-Truants%2C%22RedSt.Clair%2C%22andchumshootingcrapsinfrontofMurphy%27sBranchat11-00A.M.aschoolday.Redisboss...-NARA-523289.jpg)
History
Craps developed in the United States from a simplification of the western European game of Hazard), also spelled Hazzard or Hasard. The origins of Hazard are obscure and may date to the Crusades; a detailed description of Hazard was provided by Edmond Hoyle in Hoyle's Games, Improved (1790). At approximately the same time (1788), "Krabs" was documented as a French variation on Hazard.
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