Backgammon is known to be one of the oldest games that already exist during the ancient time that started in Mesopotamia and has spread worldwide. It got various names on different place like the Senat, which is the name of Backgammon in Egypt. It is called Takhteh Nad in Persia, Parcheesi in India, Gammon in Scotland, in France it is Tric-Trac, Puff in Germany, Tablas Reales in Spain, and Tabula in ancient Romans. In Italy, backgammon is called Tayole Reale, Vrhcaby in Czech Republic, and Shesh Besh in Israel and Arabic countries. As time goes by, backgammon has various invasions and is now being believed that the board that is currently used by players was created during the ancient Greece time.

At present, backgammon is still one of the most popular games in the world, and it is now invading the online world. Various online gambling sites are now offering online backgammon with hundreds of rooms available for various players.

Online Backgammon history started out with BKG 9.8 as the first computer opponent. The system was programmed by Hans Berliner on a PDP-10 on the late 70s as an experiment to evaluate board positions. The earlier version of BKG plays that even poor players can defeat it. However, Berliner was able to upgrade and the BKG 9.8, which was released in 1979, is now able to play fair even with the world champion Luigi Villa.

It was in the late 1980s that more and more creator of backgammon playing software succeeds with a neural network approach. Gerald Resauro of IBM proves it with his TD-Gammon. His program was the first that able to play near the expert level.

Then come the first Internet Backgammon Server, which was create by Andreas Schneider in 1993, and hosted on an academic computer in Sweden. Since then, over 100 players with internet connection are found playing at any time. They can now able to save matches, watch and compare playing ability via a rating system. After the successful creation of the Internet Backgammon Server, Frederic Dahl of Norway then created the first commercial neural net backgammon software with Jellyfish.

Currently, playing backgammon online has grown drastically. More and more online gambling sites are now offering backgammon with various bonus offers and secure payment options like the backgammons PayPal payment option. Many backgammon rooms are now accepting PayPal like Play65 and Ladbrokes. Thanks to the creations of Schneider and Dahl, backgammon from all over the world can now play with each other without traveling.

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