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Big Backgammon wins, low rake at Ladbrokes Casino (lower than W Hill, lower than 888 and lower than others). Let’s start at the beginning though. Many Backgammon players were taught the game as a youngster by a parent or other relatives, usually you were a teenager before you really began though. Backgammon is a ‘thinkers’ game, its not a simply a game of chance, something you can rush into like the proverbial bull at a gate.  It forces players to plot and plan.

For Ladbrokes Bingo players who may be interested in trying something new but haven’t happened to play before, Backgammon is a simple two player board game, played using chequers and dice.  The game is believed to have originated over 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia –making it one of the oldest games in the world.

The Backgammon board is made up of 24 triangles, alternating in colour, called points.  The points are arranged in four groups of 6, with each player having an ‘inner board’ and an ‘outer board’, separated down the middle of the board by the bar.  And, in its most basic form, Backgammon is simply an obstacle race between two players – though, with added elements of skill, luck and strategy – sometimes the emphasis is mainly on one of these three aspects, sometimes spread across all three (skill, luck and strategy).  Each of the two players begins the game with 15 chequers and the first player to remove their chequers from the board (referred to as ‘bearing off’) is the winner of the game.

Some parts of the world, and some players, refer to Backgammon as the Game of Kings.  That is something that you, the player, can give consideration to and decide for yourself.

Most definitely the place to learn most things you’ll ever want to know about Backgammon is Ladbrokes Backgammon Site, a section of Ladbrokes Casino.  Because they have literally every question and every situation covered.  Ladbrokes Casino also has a thoroughly comprehensive animated Backgammon Tutorial – which, if taken slowly, can act as teacher of the game to newbie players.  Which is wonderful.  Learn something new for nothing players – the way to go.

You can easily click through to the Backgammon tab once you have logged onto Ladbrokes Casino.  You will be as equally amazed as those many who have gone before you when you see the breadth of information regarding Backgammon that Ladbrokes provide players.  Apart from the Tutorial, there is clear coverage of the Backgammon Rules, Exclusive Articles on Backgammon, a Backgammon Tournament Schedule, information about rake (i.e. the fee/money the house removes as a commission, based generally on how much money is being played for).  Interesting – the winner of a game pays the rake for both players!