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Why Backgammon Cash is the Best Ad-Free Backgammon App
Backgammon Cash contains no ads. Not in the menus. Not between games. Not when you open the app. You will never see an ad blocking you from playing. No popups. No interstitial videos. No banners eating into your screen while you are trying to focus on your checker play.
Matt Hakimi
May 282 min read


Interview with the Founders of Backgammon Cash: Matt and Jonathan Hakimi
Backgammon Cash co-founders Jonathan and Matt Hakimi recently joined Alex Eshagian to discuss the origins of the platform, the technical infrastructure behind fair competitive play, and the vision for real-money backgammon's future. The conversation explores how two first-generation Iranian Americans from Los Angeles identified a gap in the mobile backgammon market and spent months building the trust systems necessary for legitimate real-money competition. Topics include the
Matt Hakimi
May 71 min read


New ELO-FIBS Rating System Now Live
Today we're launching a smarter, fairer way to measure players' skills on Backgammon Cash. We've switched to the FIBS ELO rating system - the gold standard used by competitive backgammon platforms worldwide. Why We Made This Change Our previous system treated all wins equally. Beat a beginner? Gain 5 points. Beat a grandmaster? Gain 5 points. This created a broken ranking system where players' rating points were inflated higher simply by playing more games, not by demonstrati
Matt Hakimi
Apr 292 min read


Backgammon Cash High Rollers Invitational: Where Legends Clash for Thousands
The names at the top of our leaderboard represent elite players who've climbed through hundreds of matches, perfected their cube decisions, and proven their worth with real money on the line. Now, for the first time, you can watch them battle it out in the Backgammon Cash High Rollers Invitational . We've brought together four of the most skilled players from our platform: DiceGunner, F8ality1, ElTurco, and Blotbuster69 - to compete in high-stakes matches with thousands of do
Matt Hakimi
Apr 163 min read
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