The percentage of the world’s population that moves from their country of origin and emigrates to another is less than 5%.  That still means that there are a lot of people moving from place to place, though living as we do in technologically advanced times that sense of dislocation is no longer as keenly felt as once it was.  Internet gambling has benefited greatly from this technology too.

It might be that you had a fixed poker game with your buddies from college, or maybe you and your partner liked to play Texas hold’em with your neighbors, but unfortunately one or other of you has moved away.  Previously, at least before the advent of internet gambling, it would have been impossible to play with your former partners if you were not in the same room, let alone the same State or country.  Internet gambling has come on in such leaps and bounds that time zones permitting, you can be on the mainland USA and they can be in Japan, for example and you can still set up a game.

If all parties join a particular online casino site, your internet gambling activities need not be unduly curtailed.  You can set up your own private poker room, with password protection and invite only entry.  At the same time as playing, there is usually a chat function, so that you can kick back, catch up and talk about the games you used to play before internet gambling transformed your lives.

Backgammon is a great game and people play it all over the world.  Now, when you and I think about backgammon we are probably thinking about the traditional rules that you see on the pro tour, but did you know there are also other variants that can be a lot of fun.

It’s true.  I found this out playing internet backgammon and saw an advertisement for a different style.  It was at a free backgammon site, so it was risk free.  I found several variants of backgammon meaning you played by different rules.    For example, there is a variant called acey-ducey where you start with all of your checkers off the board and bear them on and there is another variant called Russian backgammon where you and your opponent start with checkers off the board and start at the same section racing to the same home board; that one is a lot of fun.  There are more and the best part is free backgammon sites offer them so you can play the ones you like risk free.

I think the backgammon variants are a really great way to shake up the game, especially for long time players.  I stick to traditional style when I’m playing for money but when I want  a break from competition and just want to mess around and have fun I look to the free backgammon sites and different variants of the game.  It’s a lot of fun and I think playing by different rules has even helped me become a better backgammon player by making me learn new strategies, rules, and understand the game better