The oldest confirmed record of a game of
chance where ivory dice were used was in 1573 BC by the
Egyptians. The so-called Theban dice, as they are
known, as resting today in a museum in Berlin. The modern
game of craps is truly an american game developed on the
Mississippi and other inland steamboat rivers of the 1800s.
The game of craps is an outgrowth of the popular European
three-dice game called Hazard. In that game three
dice were thrown out of a tin or wooden horn. By the way,
that is where the term "tin horn gambler"
comes from. Today's craps game is the fastest, noisiest,
and has the best odds for the player of any casino game.
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