Editing Backgammon (section)

=== Gambling ===

When backgammon is played for money, the most common arrangement is to assign a monetary value to each point, and to play to a certain score, or until either player chooses to stop. The stakes are raised by gammons, backgammons, and use of the doubling cube. Backgammon is sometimes available in casinos. Before the commercialization of [[artificial neural network]] programs, [[proposition bet]]s on specific positions were very common among backgammon players and gamblers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backgammon.org/articles/backgammon-proposition-week/|title=Backgammon Proposition|last=Wachtel|first=Robert|website=backgammon.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010184227/http://www.backgammon.org/articles/backgammon-proposition-week/|archive-date=2009-10-10}}</ref> As with most gambling games, successful play requires a combination of luck and skill, as a single dice roll can sometimes significantly change the outcome of the game.<ref name="magriel"/>