2 Fascinating Facts About Craps

I don’t know about you, but for me, I have different casino games that I prefer depending on my mood.

When I want to zone out and enjoy the thrill of winning, I go for the slot machines.

If I’m feeling more like I need to win, I will play blackjack CLICK HERE.

Poker is for the days when I want to focus and stimulate my mind.

But when I crave a communal connection, nothing beats the game of craps!

Every time I walk into a casino, large crowds of people surround the craps tables, all having fun together.

Craps is one of the only games that allows bystanders to win at the same time as the person actually shooting the dice, so it creates a sense of comradery that you can’t find anywhere else in the casino.

That is why it makes sense that craps became hugely popular with soldiers during World War 2. But you might be surprised to know that the game has actually been around for a lot longer than that.

As a matter of fact, there are a lot of things about this simple dice game that might surprise you. Let me give you a brief history of the game and then explain two little-known facts about craps.

The History of Craps

Before it was known as craps, medieval knights played a game called hazard that is considered to be the original version of this dice game.

There are records of people playing hazard as far back as the Crusades, more than two thousand years ago! It became popular with the nobility and aristocracy in Britain and France up until the time of the American Revolution.

Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville was a French-American politician whose family was wealthy Louisiana colonists. He picked up the game of hazard in France, where it was known as “crapaud,” and brought it to New Orleans.

From there, it spread around America, but so did a tendency to cheat. Gamblers began using loaded dice to throw the game in their favor. Loaded dice have a weight inside them that causes the die to land on a certain number more often.

John H. Winn enjoyed the game, but he cared about whether or not people were playing fairly, so he made it evolve. He created transparent dice so that the casino could check against cheating, but he also invented the layout that still gets used in modern craps tables.

Most importantly, he added the don’t pass betting 바카라사이트 system that allowed some players to bet against the shooter.

Even though most people don’t like the “wrong bettors” that play the don’t pass line, the creation of this system changed the game.

Craps became wildly popular during World War 2, but soldiers played street craps that don’t require the use of an official board. Often times, they would play on a blanket that they spread out on the ground, which led to the term “army blanket roll.”

In case you are unfamiliar with that phrase, it is used to describe a dice control method where the shooter sets the dice on an axis and then slides them down the table in hopes that they will stay on the same axis when they land.

Besides the apparent advances in technology, the game of craps that we play today is pretty much identical to the one that John H. Winn created. Technology allows us to play craps online 카지노사이트 and even play against live dealers from the comforts of our home computers, but the game itself has not changed.

2 Facts About Craps That You Didn’t Know Before

Now that you have learned a brief history of the game, let’s take a look at some of the more interesting facts about craps.

I will start by explaining where it got its name and then take a look at some of the superstitions that players have, as well as the world record for the most consecutive rolls. To finish up, I will explain some statistics about the dice themselves and discuss the possibility of dice control methods.

#1. Hazard or Craps? How Did Craps Get Its Name?

If you are anything like me, you have to be wondering how we went from a name like hazard to the name of craps. There are two main theories, but the second one seems to be the most popular, probably because it is more humorous.

The first theory of how the name craps came to be has to do with the name of one of the possible rolls in the game of hazard. Today, we call rolling a two snake eyes, two aces, or eyeballs, but back in the day, they had a different name.

When the game was called hazard, snake eyes were called crabs. So, the theory is that over time, people started calling the game crabs and eventually mispronounced it enough that it became the game of craps.

That is certainly one possibility, but a far more fascinating speculation exists.

As we already mentioned, in French, the name of the game was crapaud, which, when translated, means “toad.” Presumably, the French called it that because of the stance players would take when they squatted in a frog-like position in the street to roll the dice, only to hop up once they won!

When the French-American Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville brought the game to New Orleans, he would have called it crapaud, which would eventually get shortened to the English name of craps.

Both of these theories are equally as likely to be the real reason the name got changed, but the toad-stance guess is the most widespread. You can choose to believe whichever theory you think is true, but I personally like knowing that I can call the wrong bettors crapaud, and they will never understand why I am calling them a toad in French!

#2. What Are Some of the Common Superstitions About Craps?

If you have ever played craps before, you probably already know that there are tons of superstitions, and it is considered poor etiquette to do something that could affect another player’s craps luck.

But you might be surprised to know that the term “lady luck” is actually a byproduct of one of these superstitions. It is interesting to note that all of these superstitions are based on avoiding bad luck, but there aren’t many that supposedly bring good luck. Here are a few common superstitions that you should be aware of.

• Never say seven around the craps table. Instead, players use the words “it” “the devil” or “big red.” If you say the word seven, it will cause the shooter to seven out and lose the dice. As a matter of fact, there are different words or phrases for every number that can possibly be rolled in a craps game, from 2-12. Six is called a Jimmy Hicks, nine is Nina from Pasadena, and ten is Tennessee. You should learn these phrases, but seven is the only number that will get you in trouble with the other players.
• Do not touch or speak to the shooter, and do not have your hands on the board when they roll. Touching the shooter or the dice will cause them to seven out. If the dice hit your hand while they are being rolled, they will land on seven.
• Several situations can cause the dice to become unlucky. Cold dice, or those that have not been played much, are considered unlucky. That is why most players will not join a table where there is only one player. Players will often yell “same dice” if one of the dice falls on the floor because they don’t want the dealer to get a new pair of dice that are cold. However, those same dice are still unlucky. Casinos are rumored to have started the superstition that dice that leave the table are unlucky because they didn’t want players to have a chance to switch the dice for a pair that has been loaded.
• Men and women have different types of luck. Players that have never played craps before are known as virgin players. Male virgins are historically considered unlucky, and many bystanders will pull their bets when a male virgin shoots for the first time. Female virgins, on the other hand, are considered lucky. This superstition evolved into a belief that women are lucky charms around the craps table, known as Lady Luck, and that having a woman blow on the dice before you roll can bring you some of their good luck.
• Finally, anything that interrupts the game is considered bad luck. That can mean anything from a player arguing with the dealer to the shooter ordering a drink or the casino bringing a new set of chips. Obviously, some of those are out of your control, but some of them you should be aware of, even if you are not playing. For example, there is a superstition about the shooter’s spouse interrupting the game, so if your spouse is about to roll the dice, you should wait until they finish.