Online casinos have reintroduced Backgammon

The range of casino games available at most online casinos is a mixture of casino games which rely totally on luck and others which require an element of skill and experience. In the first of these categories you will find a huge range of slots and video slots, along with lotteries, bingo and a variety of dice games. Most casino games players would also add roulette to that category of casino games where winning is purely a question of chance. There is no doubt that playing almost all casino games successfully needs some luck, even renowned games of skill such as Texas Hold’em poker rely on the player being dealt potentially winning hands during the game. When considering this second category of online casino games, we need to include one of the oldest gambling games in our history and that is Backgammon. The online casinos have been responsible for revitalising a number of casino games since their introduction, and Backgammon is one of those games which had become almost elitist in many ways. We have detailed the rules of Backgammon on our casino games pages, but for those who do not know Backgammon at all let’s provide a quick summary. Backgammon is played using 15 checkers which are moved around a Backgammon board with 24 possible positions. The number of moves which can be made at any one time is determined by the throw of two dice, and this is clearly where the element of luck is involved, but it is generally believed that Backgammon is similar to poker in that experienced players will always win in the long run as luck balances out. With this in mind, and the fact that playing Backgammon at an online casino usually involves playing against an unknown opponent who may be more experienced than you, we would recommend that new players start with low stakes until they are comfortable with how the game is played. Initial stakes are usually agreed before the start of the game, but just as in poker the stakes can increase during a game so keep an eye on your budget and enjoy what is a fascinating casino game.