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HAZARD, a game of dice (called Craps in America), once very popular in England and played for large stakes at the famous rooms of Crockford (St. James's street, London) and Almack (Pall Mall, London). (Span. azar, unlucky throw at dice, misfor tune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice.)