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Hazard is an early English game played with two dice; it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in the 14th century.Despite its complicated rules hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money. At Crockford’s Club in London hazard was especially popular. In the 19th century the game craps developed from hazard through a simplification of the rules.

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