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The USBGF has a pretty active chapter there....look it up. Last time I went pre covid there were some pretty big games, tourneys, but not while I was there. I have not been in Vegas a whole lot. I have a night there and dont like the standard gambling. Some cultures only allowed the game to be played by the rich and the aristocracy and here, it was known as The Game of Kings. Gaining in popularity throughout the years, backgammon rules developed and changed with the times. Sometimes a fad, sometimes a main event, tournaments were arranged and increased in numbers. In 2007, the first ever live backgammon tournament to pay out winnings of a minimum of £1,000,000 was held in the Bahamas and was televised as it was attended by many of the world’s top players. The Egyptians had one bit of equipment we might envy; a mechanical dice box. The dice were put into a dice box, shaken up, and thrown out onto the table. Like everyone else, the ancient Egyptians played their game for money and invented this machine to guard against cheaters (always a sign of higher civilization).  casino dice roll  and Romans later adopted this device in their versions of the game.