What are the attractions of backgammon gambling?
It is important to understand that, contrary to what we might imagine, backgammon gambling did not originate with the Internet but it has probably been a key element since the backgammon game came on the scenes thousands of years ago. The game of Tabula, which was the name applied to backgammon in the Roman era was played exclusively for gambling purposes. Getting closer to our own era, the introduction of the doubling cube in the 1920s provided a major boost to backgammon gambling. It has now become almost mandatory feature of many backgammon sets and has expanded the backgammon rules and backgammon instructions with details of how the cube should be legitimately used. For example, the doubling cube should be positioned centrally on the gaming table with the number 64 displayed uppermost, and each player can challenge the other player to double the stakes. If one player wants to offers a double, they turn the doubling cube to its next higher value and offer it to the opposing player.
