Craps
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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 or against a bank. Because it requires little equipment, "street cra
A craps table with a game in progress
Craps being played by children in a street in St Louis, Missouri, circa 1912
Soldiers playing craps (1945)
Two base dealers setting chips on a craps table at Harrah's Las Vegas (2011)
Hazard (game)
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Hazard is an early English game played with two dice. It was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century. Despite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th an
Craps
…players may use slang terminology to place bets and actions. 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…
In hazard, a roll of 2 is a loss