I just wrote a detailed article about the history of craps on our website. Check out the link to read the details about it. I will post a short summary of the article below because this game is so interesting and the history is quite fascinating.
The history of craps may seem like a mystery because of how complicated the game looks and all of the different colorful betting options available to players. In fact, most dice games originated thousands of years ago during the times ancient Rome when Roman Legions used to play dice as a form of entertainment. Dice is actually the foundational element of craps.
A game called Hazard was invented in Europe centuries later in the 1500s and become popular among the Royalty in the 1700s and 1800s. Eventually this game came overseas to the Americas around 1813. Like roulette, this game also seems to have been based in the French Quarters area of New Orleans during this time before it transformed into the US and modern version of craps that we see today.
Hazard happens to have many of the same rules as modern craps, but many new features and betting options were added and the game transformed into craps. It stayed like that for nearly 200 years as the game become gradually more popular throughout the world. It wasn’t until World War II that the game really peaked in popularity. In fact, many older people from this generation would probably know this game and had played it at one time or another.
In fact, craps is actually the best game in the casino in terms of odds. The catch is that many people avoid this game because it seems too complicated to learn and they stray off to slot machine games. This is exactly what happened in the 1980s and 1990s when the electronic slot machines overtook craps as the most popular game at the casino, even though the odds were worse with these games and you lost money more frequently and quickly except for a few million dollar jackpots here and there!
Still, craps is an extremely exciting “social” game where everyone gathers around the table and players are allowed to throw the dice. This game will remain greatly popular in the future and at online casinos. What is great about online casinos is the fact that players can practice the game online for free without risking money. You can actually visit our free flash craps page and practice the game in your browser in full screen and see why this game has been exciting throughout the history between ancient days and modern times.