Online Backgammon Random Dice
"I believe the on-line (backgammon) servers are EXACTLY the same as playing live. I firmly believe the rolls are random, fair, and honest, and I think anyone who argues or believes the dice on line are rigged is simply crying about their own bad rolls which are probably the result of their many bad plays." Backgammon pro Phil Simborg declared in an interview to an online backgammon magazine. But how can you tell the dice rolled in online backgammon games are as far and unrigged as Mr. Simborg believes they are?
To clear these suspicions, most backgammon websites are assisted by independent companies that test and certificate the randomness of the backgammon platform's random number generator. A random number generator is a computerized device, often used by the online gaming industry, which was to create a series of successive, random numbers. In online backgammon, the random dice generator regulates the random appearances of the dice; in other online games it can generate drawing of cards, stopping of roulette, and so on.
Which online backgammon rooms are not afraid to put their dice randomness to a test of an independent company? Continue reading to find out about the most reliable online backgammon sites in the market, with the fairest and most random backgammon dice. Note that when a backgammon sites does not have a random dice certification it does not necessarily meaning that the dice is rigged; it means you can't tell for sure.
but is it really random?
Game portals such as Yahoo and MSN where backgammon can be played online yet not for real money, are naturally less committed to the randomness of the backgammon dice, thus they don't emphasize its certification. For that reason, these sites will not be reviewed here as individuals, and we will focus on real money backgammon sites.
888 Backgammon
Though the online casino, poker and backgammon room has the iTech Labs seal of approval on its homepage, clicking on it reveals that the RNG review refers to the brand's online blackjack, roulette and other casino games but the randomness of 888's backgammon dice is NOT mentioned there.
Backgammon Rooms with Tested Random Dice
Play65
The largest backgammon site in the world is using a random numbers generator developed by Keio University in Yokohama, Japan, the same RNG used by IBM. In addition to Play65 periodical testing, the randomness of its dice generator has been certified by iTech Labs, the leading independent inspector of online games.
As Play65's white label, GammonEmpire random dice goes through the same tests and reviews as its father site.
Backgammon Masters dice generator has been reviewed and approved by iTech Labs.
BG Room
The backgammon site has passed the independent tests of iTech Labs.
True Money Games
According to the backgammon site's official statement, its dice, based on a hardware diode and produced by a Swedish company named Protego, is realer than the real thing, providing extremely random rolls. However, no information on independent checking is available on TMG website.
Party Gammon is independently tested by iTech Lab. According to iTech Lab dice analysis report, published on October 2006, the probability of two identical rolls of 6s in a backgammon match is 1 to 36874 rolls.
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