Backgammon Help

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IMPORTANT

If you experience any problems playing backgammon
the easiest way to overcome them is so press F5
on your keyboard - this will refresh the lobby or the game, and restore normal functionality.

If this does not work,

  • Log out of the lobby
  • Close the game and the lobby windows.
  • Go back to ladbrokesbackgammon.com
  • Click PLAY NOW (above)
  • Log in again - your game will appear automatically.

If you have any problems, please contact Customer Support, available 24 hours a day.

How do I play the smaller dice?
By default the bigger dice number is played when you click on a chequer. To play the smaller dice first (especially from the bar) simply move your mouse to the top right (over the smaller dice) and click. This will move your chequer the smaller amount.

Need to go to Backgammon School? Ladbrokes' fully animated tutorial will help you play the game of backgammon.

Having trouble starting your first game?

If you have accepted and agreed a game but the game does not appear, this is probably because you are using a pop-up blocker. To play you must disable this temporarily which will allow your game to launch. If you have any problems, please contact Ladbrokes' customer services, available 24 hours a day

Don't have an account?

To open a Ladbrokes account, click on the REGISTER link at the top left of the screen and follow the instructions as listed below.

Click 'REGISTER and you will be guided through a simple step-by-step process to register and play. This will take one minute. When you have opened your account you will be able to play Ladbrokes Backgammon and the comprehensive range of gaming opportunities available through Ladbrokes.com, LadbrokesGames.com, LadbrokesCasino.com and LadbrokesPoker.com - all through one account!

How to start a game

Click on Play Now to enter the Backgammon Lobby, from here you can join a game or create your own.

Types of Games available

You can play Cash, Match or Free Play Games. Cash Game are one game played for an agreed stake per point and maximum stake. Match Games are played to an agreed number of points for a set amount (this could mean more than one game is played). Free Play games are played the same way as Match games but without a cash stake. We recommend beginners begin by playing free matches.

Join a Game

To join a Game you must first select the game type (Cash, Match or Free) from the Game Type box. Click on the '-' symbols on the left to see more detail. In this area you can also restrict the stakes of the games you can choose from. Click on the type of games you want to see and they will be listed listed in the Choose game box. Simply click on the green Join Game button next to the player you want to play and your opponent will be notified of your challenge.

The games will show the alias of the player waiting, the stake (and total stake limit), the game type and the rating of the player. Click on each game to see more details in the view details box, including the turn times and rules. All available games will also have a Join Game button Once clicked you can still cancel or accept. Once you have accepted the player who set up the game has the option to accept your offer. If it is accepted the game will start.

Create Game

If you cannot find a suitable game in the lobby, you can create your own game. Press the "Create new game" button and enter your game preferences. This game will show in the lobby for other players to challenge.

To create a new game click on the 'Create New Game' button and choose cash or Match. For cash games you must select stake per point and your maximum stake (limit). If you wish to create a match game, select match stake and number of points.

Special Rules Explained

Crawford rule (match play only): The first game when a player is within one point of winning the match, no doubling is permitted. Doubling is possible in the match after the Crawford game.

Jacoby rule (cash games only): This is a rule agreed by both players prior to the game commencing, whereby gammons and backgammons will only count for one point if no doubling has occurred during the game.

Doubling: Using the doubling cube, you can double the stakes at any time in the game, prior to rolling the dice. Doubling is not possible in the first round. Doubling will be limited depending on the amount of money brought into the game (game limit).

Beaver: This is a rule agreed by both players prior to the game commencing, whereby upon doubling, your opponent may re-double straight away and retain ownership of the cube. If original doubler refuse the beaver, they will forfeit the game.

Rake

Ladbrokes offers the most competitive rake structure in Internet Backgammon . We believe a lower rake lets you play more games. Further information about rake can be found here

Disconnections Policy?

What happens if I am disconnected from the Internet and Ladbrokes Backgammon? Information travelling from your PC to our gaming servers in Gibraltar makes a long journey across many networks and must pass through a number of network routers. Should this information encounter any delay or have to be re-routed at any network hop, this may cause your connection to be dropped. Sometimes your PC receives a return message to inform you of disconnection, at other times your PC will be completely unaware and it may appear as though the game has stopped or frozen.

Unscheduled disconnects occur primarily because of infrequent line drops, which happen due to irregularities along the telephone networks. The line quality of telephone cable can vary from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, and can be particularly poor if you are in a rural area. When it rains or when it's cold and damp, line conditions will be affected more than when the weather is good.

Our gaming servers and their connectivity to the internet are monitored 24 hours a day, if our gaming servers do suffer from either network downtime or connectivity issues, all players online will be affected and Ladbrokes server rules apply to all games in progress. Ladbrokes cannot be held responsible for customer or third party disconnections, unfortunately the problem of occasional disconnection is an inherent aspect of playing online.

If, for whatever reason, a player is disconnected and does not return to the game before their timers run out, Ladbrokes will settle the game and split the stakes according to the board equity at the time of the disconnection.

Chat Terms


• gg - good game
• nr -nice roll
• gp -good play
• wp -well played
• lol - laugh out loud
• tx -thanks
• wtg - way to go
• gtg -got to go
• omg -oh my god
• hehe- cheeky acknowledgement by a player.