Backgammon has been one of the best strategic games along with chess, in the history of mankind. The game is played with number of checkers, which need to be removed from the board before your opponent succeeds in doing the same with his checkers. Initially, the game was a board game and loved by many, but gradually with the advent of internet and modern technology we have the gracious opportunity to play online backgammon as well. The game has come a long way with certain modifications and improvements, both drawing attention of several individual across the world.

Ancient Egyptian form of game

If we trace back the origin of online backgammon, we would have to take up the ancient Egyptian civilization, where a board game very similar to that of the present day online backgammon was played. The board game that was popular in those times was known as Senat and was a trait that was allowed to the Egyptian Kings and upper classes alone. However, this could not succeed in drawing favor of the Church, who seemed to chase it.

Being endangered by the Church

Online backgammon would not have originated, if it had not been for the curious nature of us humans. In earlier times, when the game started spreading from Egypt over to several other parts of Europe the Christian Church stood against it, considering it to be form of devil worship. However, people kept on with the game far from the common eye and succeeded in keeping it alive until modern times.

Naming of the game

The naming is a controversial matter, as it cannot be concluded as to which folklore is true. Nevertheless, it was in the 17th century that the game became popular as backgammon and has continued to amaze people till the current date.

Birth of online backgammon

With the birth of internet life became much easier for people across the globe and along with it came the necessity to fill it in with every possible day to day feature. Since backgammon had become quite popular among several people across the world it was only a matter of time to draw the attention of the statisticians, as it had been with chess. Software designers developed the requisite software and online backgammon has been a great success, along with several other online games.