[thesilkworm]

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I like the idea of playing Backgammon online for money, but isn't it just too easy to cheat?

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This is a common suggestion. It has been discussed before.

The short answer is that
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] It's possible to cheat, but much harder than you might imagine.
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Detecting cheating is relatively easy. If you cheat enough to get an advantage, your serious opponents are likely to detect this and complain to the site with convincing evidence, and the site may detect you even before there are any complaints.
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] The vast majority of players obviously don't cheat. They play badly, think for a long time and then err, etc.

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Thanks - maybe I will give this a shot then (for micro stakes because I'm a bit of a noob still)!