Tag Archive: Hazard

Being based on a dice game from over three millennia ago, the game of craps hasn't changed much. But the name has undergone some changes. This leads us to wonder exactly where and how these name changes came about. Unfortunately, tracing back the history of a name is no easy tasks. What's interesting is that some of the ideas behind the name are exotic, whereas others are completely mundane. For example, there's a theory that the name underwent a change because of a simply type error in a book.

Wow, this is a step back in time. The old game of Chuck-a-luck was an old favorite back in the gold rush day of the late 19th century. In particular the states of Nevada and California where it was played in the mining camps. Though there are a number of game variations, essentially, the game we know today came from an old English game called "Hazard". Though the main difference is that hazard uses two dice, whereas Chuck-a-luck uses three, in a ways similar to Sic-Bo.