If they roll a 2 or a 3, they lose ( throwing out or outing).If they roll the main, they win ( throwing in or nicking).In each round, the caster specifies a number between 5 and 9 inclusive: this is the main. Craps is now popular in North America but neither game remains popular amongst the rest of the world.Īny number may play, but only one player – the caster – has the dice at any one time. In the 19th century, the game craps developed from hazard through a simplification of the rules. At Crockford's Club in London, hazard was especially popular.
Hazard is an early English game played with two dice it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century.ĭespite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money.
