Backgammon is a game that began as a friendly game without betting. However, its popularity led to the inclusion of gambling, especially at the online casinos. Most people feel that gambling lends to the excitement of the game. Players play differently when there is money or betting involved. There are times when people will just walk away from a game. When money is involved, they are more apt to stick and be more meticulous in their play. Gambling on the game means that strategy is more important.



It also means that money management and self-discipline now enter into the game. More on this below.

Backgammon is a board game where each player has fifteen checkers, or men, that he has to move around the board to his own area and then bear them off. The first player to successfully bear off all fifteen men is the game winner. Moves from point to point are accomplished by rolling the dice. Each of the two dice can be taken separately. This means that if the player rolls the dice and has a four and a three come up, he can move one man a total of seven spaces, or he can move one man three spaces and a second man four spaces. The player always has this option. When the player rolls doubles, then he has a total of four moves. Let's say he rolls and each die shows a five. He can move one man twenty spaces, or he can move two men ten spaces each, or he can move four men five spaces each. The individual player decides how he wants to play the situation.

When rolling the dice, they must land flat on the board in your side of the board. If they don't land in this area or if they aren't laying flat on the board, the player must re-roll.

The game begins with an initial bet, called a unit. The amount of the unit can vary. If you are playing in an organized event or online, check the house rules so you know the betting limits. If it is an unorganized event, the two parties work out the amount of the bet, or the unit. The backgammon game comes with a set of dice for each player and another dice called the doubling cube. Each side of the doubling cube has a different power of two on it, hence its name. The numbers on the cube are 2,4,8,16,32 and 64. The doubling cube is the method by which betting is accomplished in the game of backgammon.

Betting in backgammon is done by doubling the stakes. This is the purpose of the doubling cube. So if a player thinks he is in a good position he challenges his opponent by turning the doubling cube to the two position. The other player then has two options. If he doesn't want to accept the challenge, he forfeits the game. He then loses the one unit initial bet. If he accepts the challenge, then the game continues for two units. The player who accepted the challenge now owns the doubling cube. This means that at any time, he can challenge the first player to a double, in this case it would be four. If the first player declines the double, then he forfeits the game and loses the two units. If he accepts the challenge, then he owns the doubling cube and the game continues at four units. When he challenges his opponent with a double, he wins the four units if the other player forfeits. If the other player doesn't forfeit, the game continues at eight units, and so on. This can go on until they reach sixty-four units. That is sixty-four times the original bet of one unit.

According to the rules of the game, if a player bears off all of his fifteen men when his opponent hasn't borne off any men, the player wins a gammon or a double game. This doubles the stakes on the doubling cube. If the cube was at sixty-four, the stakes are one hundred twenty eight for a gammon. A backgammon or triple game is when the opponent still has men in your home board or on the bar, when you bear off your fifteen men. This triples the amount of the cube. If the cube is at sixty-four, the backgammon puts it at one hundred ninety two times the original one unit bet. This can run into big money, depending on the stakes. This is why you always want to know the house rules. That dollar you bet in the beginning can end up being one hundred ninety two dollars at the end if there is backgammon.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't play backgammon. It just means you should use common sense and follow the rules of money management and self-discipline. These have to be two parts of every strategy or game plan. Determine the amount you can afford to gamble before you sit down at a game. This has to be money that isn't budgeted for anything else like your rent or car payment. It should be an amount of money that won't hurt you financially or emotionally if you lose it. This is the maximum amount of dollars you will spend for the period's gambling session. If you lose this amount, then you quit. You don't reach into your pocket and add more to it. This is where self-discipline comes into play. You have to be self-disciplined enough to say ?that's it for this session? and walk away. In this way you limit your losses to the predetermined amount and you don't leave with your pockets empty. Self-discipline can mean the difference between you having an enjoyable time or your spending a very stressful time.

If you have fifty dollars allotted for your backgammon game, be very careful about entering a game with a dollar unit. Since you want to enjoy yourself while gambling at backgammon, sticking to you limit is the best way to do it.

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