Backgammon is often played for money stakes. The most common ways that gamblers play is to set a wager on which player can be first to reach a certain score, achieved over however many games necessary; to assign a monetary value to each game (affected by the doubling die, of course), and to play until a certain score is reached or passed; or to assign a monetary value to each game and play games until either player chooses to stop. Backgammon is also available, though not often, at casinos.
Backgammon Chouette
A backgammon chouette is an adaptation of backgammon for three or more players, generally played for money.
Before beginning, a monetary value is agreed upon as the basic stake for each game. Dice throws determine an initial ranking. One player is in the box, the next is the captain, and the others take their places as members of the captain's team. The captain, who may take advice from the team, plays against the player in the box. Traditionally, there is one doubling cube. This is controlled by the player in the box and the captain (in the usual way), except that, when the player in the box offers a double, each member of the team may accept or decline independently. Nowadays, however, the team members often operate separate doubling cubes, in which case they may accept, decline and offer doubles independently. Whichever system is employed, a team member who has refused a double drops out of the game and may no longer advise the captain. If the captain drops out of the game, the highest-ranking team member takes over as captain.
At the end of each game, the box settles up with the other players individually. If the player in the box has won, he retains the box and the (original) captain becomes the lowest-ranking team member. If the (final) captain has won, he takes over from the player in the box, who joins the team as its lowest-ranking member. The highest-ranking member of the team becomes its captain for the next game.
[The word 'chouette' is French for any of a seemingly arbitrary collection of species of typical (i.e. non-barn) owls.]
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