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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Dice games, Craps, Zocchihedron, Chuck-a-luck, Hazard, Passe-dix, Pip, Barber's pole, Liar's dice, Zonk, Yahtzee, Games related to Yahtzee, Beer die, High Rollers, Button Men, Dragon Dice, Farkle, Forms of cricket, Miwins dice, Cee-lo, Mexico, Tablero da Gucci, Nontransitive dice, The Big Showdown, Dice notation, Sicherman dice, Pig, Can't Stop, Dudo, Battle dice, Kismet, Sic bo, Mia, Dead Man's Dice, Bunco, Shut the Box, Three Man, Mutschel, Pentagonal trapezohedron, Dice 10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Ship, captain, and crew, Power Yahtzee, Don't Go to Jail, Army of Zero, Greed, Dice control, Diceland, The Game, Threes, Pass the Pigs, Diceware, Yatzy, Snout!, Dayakattai, Have You Herd?, To Court the King, Demon dice, Swipe, Poker dice, Crown and Anchor, Balut, List of dice games, Generala, Petals Around the Rose, Beetle, Owzthat, Yacht, Fuzzy dice, Scribbage, Perquackey, LCR, Ch -han, 4-sided die, Barrel die, Chingona, Dice stacking, Gluckshaus, Destroyer, Floating craps, Under Over, Dice tower, Bau cua ca cop, Kitsune bakuchi, Dice cup, Crystal die. Excerpt: Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other (street craps, also known as shooting dice or rolling dice) or a bank (casino craps, also known as table craps). Because it requires little equipment, street craps can be played in informal settings. Craps developed from a simplification of the Old English game hazard. Its origins are complex and may date to the Crusades, later being influenced by French gamblers. What was to become the modern American version of the game was brought to New Orleans by Bernard Xavier Philippe de marigny de Mandeville, scion of wealthy Louisiana landowners, a gambler, and politician. There was a flaw in Bernard's version of ...