About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 99. Chapters: Dice, Craps, Chuck-a-luck, Hazard, Passe-dix, Barber's pole, Liar's dice, Zonk, Yahtzee, Games related to Yahtzee, Beer die, High Rollers, Button Men, Dragon Dice, Farkle, Forms of cricket, Cee-lo, Mexico, Tablero da Gucci, The Big Showdown, Pig, Can't Stop, Dudo, Battle dice, Kismet, Sic bo, Mia, Dead Man's Dice, Bunco, Shut the Box, Three Man, Mutschel, 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, Yatzy, Snout!, 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, Scribbage, Perquackey, LCR, Ch -han, Chingona, Dice stacking, Gluckshaus, Destroyer, Floating craps, Under Over, Dice tower, Bau cua ca cop, Kitsune bakuchi, Dice cup. 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 the game in which players could exploit the casino using fixed dice and taking advantage of the way players can bet with or against the dice thrower. A man named John H. Winn introduced th...
