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A 5 000 year old game gets a 21st century lift-off
Earlier InfoPowa reports that the Gibraltar-based Party Gaming group is about to launch an online backgammon site came to fruition this week with the appearance on the Internet of PartyGammon.com.
Known as "the game of kings" and requiring skills of timing and calculation, backgammon is one of the world's most popular games and one of its oldest, claims PG, with variants dating back more than 5 000 years. PartyGaming has now brought this history to the modern world of the internet, enabling new and existing customers to play backgammon, poker and casino all from a single PartyAccount.
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"The launch of backgammon, a truly international game of skill, is a natural evolutionary step in our strategy to become the global gaming portal of choice," said Mitch Garber, CEO of PartyGaming. "We are very pleased to add it to our portfolio of games."
Using proprietary software certified by the I-Tech laboratories, PartyGammon.com offers games to play for free or for cash for a variety of gammon versions, including Hypergammon and Nackgammon. Customers can access PartyGaming's 24/7 customer support for any questions about getting started or using the product.
Like poker, tournaments feature high on the list of activities at the new site, and since the duration of each match is limited, any player can take on a world class player on a lucky day and win. PartyGaming has followed its winning formula of many tournaments and massive prize pools.
Tournaments will be of either static length (match lengths are fixed and remain constant until the final round) or progressive length (the matches become longer as a player advances). There are presently two types of tournaments:
Regular tournaments - these are pre-arranged, with a fixed starting time, which is announced on the site.
Sit&Go tournaments - these are available 24/7, and just need the required number of players to register in order to begin.
In addition, PartyGammon.com is to sponsor a number of the worlds most prestigious backgammon events, starting with the Belgian Open last week and including events in Estoril, Portugal in September and in Paris in October.
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