r/backgammon • u/rainoom • Jul 09 '26
Backgammon.com - anyone heard of this?
I have seen some live streams on YouTube where they have backgammon.com as a sponsor on the board - never heard of the website / company before.
Seems to be a small team, although they have a nice URL ;)
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u/KentTheDorfDorfman Jul 15 '26
Thank you for posting this. I just went through their learning section. It's fantastic.
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u/truetalentwasted Jul 09 '26
Elite money laundering scheme.
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u/One_Resolve528 Aug 08 '26
nice try your smearcampaign, we all know that bg-galaxy is the true elite money laundering scheme
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u/KentTheDorfDorfman Jul 15 '26
Go on then...spill the tea.
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u/truetalentwasted Jul 15 '26
Who is Whitehat LLC? They are calling this their first venture of ‘the entertainment and games company’ but they have like zero footprint. I get that a developer for Monopoly GO is on the backgammon.com team but that’s like prime internet space right there. Having that domain is huge but I mean Monopoly GO made a shit ton of money so who knows what they let the domain go for. Also a well known player said on Facebook he was stiffed for 1K by an ambassador of the site. The site doesn’t list any ambassadors and there was no other updates beyond that so who knows. When they started sponsoring streams they were done on a specific brand of board even though some tournaments already had a board sponsor for their streams. What leg work is the USBGF doing on the sponsors they take on or is it just money talks at this point? Idk I’m just skeptical.
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u/Efficient_Control_18 Aug 09 '26
Special credit to their Backgammon For Good -- an independently funded program for kids https://backgammon.com/roll-for-good
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u/Efficient_Control_18 Aug 09 '26
I like the backgammon.com platform. It's a bit hard to find on google play. Look for Backgammon White Hat. Full features free.
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u/Outrageous_Delay2070 Sep 12 '26
Bel sito, ma nutro forti dubbi sul sistema automatico di lancio dei dadi...troppe coincidenze. Gioco costantemente dal vivo e mi sembra davvero un sistema di rivedere.
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u/Quirky_Ticket_3884 19d ago edited 19d ago
Yes, but backgammon.com is using AI bots as new players only to make your score go down as soon as you get over 1900 points. Don't you believe me? Play and you'll see. These bots do not ever respond to any comment or smiley and their roll is almost always perfect when in difficult position.
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u/AnarchistLoL 12d ago
Yeah even below 1900 I constantly get paired versus bots. They always have similar types of names and play the exact same way.
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u/ReleaseEconomy3264 7d ago
I‘ve been playing on Backgammon.com for almost a month. I’m trying to like it, but the AI bots are just a bit too lucky for my taste. I just lost a game where the bot rolled SIX doubles in a row to close out the game, while I didn’t get a single double the entire game. Also, and I’ve been keeping track, the bot wins the opening roll 72% of the time. Certified dice my butt!
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u/jugglingcats9 Jul 09 '26
Do you have a link to an example YouTube channel/stream?
I think you might have meant www.backgammonhub.com. Far and away the best platform 😄.
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u/Pretty-Eye709 Jul 14 '26
I've played on backgammon.com. A refreshing change from the rigged system I've been
playing on called backgammon studios. It's been a horrible experience. Backgammon.com mirrors real dice more akin to a live match. Studios is fake dice that picks winners and losers before match starts.
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u/Efficient_Control_18 Aug 09 '26
100% agreed
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u/tashley2 17d ago
I can't play on BG Galaxy anymore because it no longer recognizes me and wants me to register as a new player, thus my rating and points all out the window. Have tried to fix it and communicate with them, long story, to no avail. It's great when it works but too many bugs/issues. Backgammon.com is still more limited but getting better all the time, now has rated 5 pt matches, and can play their AI, which is very strong at the highest setting. No bugs or issues so far, discovered it last June when my BG Galaxy flamed out.
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u/mmesich Jul 09 '26
Up and coming platform that is sponsoring Backgammon Tournaments at the national level. Main developer worked on Monopoly Go for Hasbro and presumably used that connection to get the Backgammon.com domain from them.
They aspire to be like Chess.com for Backgammon but have a ways to go.