Forum Archive : Cheating

Avoiding loaded dice From:   Gregg Cattanach Address:   gcattanach@prodigy.net Date:   6 June 2000 Subject:   Re: How to cheat????? Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   8hjs92$4m6m$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com Your best assurance of not having loaded dice is to bring your own, and do frequent dice changes and mixes. You should also insist on precision dice regardless, which are easily identified as each face is a perfect circle, the corners are beveled, and the pips are inlaid plastic, not indented holes that are painted. The best ones are translucent, which is also a anti-cheating feature. If you are SERIOUSLY worried that you are being cheated by someone you play against, it is probably better to find a new opponent. -- Gregg Cattanach Zox_ at GamesGrid, Zone http://gateway.to/backgammon   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Cheating

Advantages of online play  (Donald Kahn, Nov 1999) 

Avoiding loaded dice  (Gregg Cattanach, June 2000) 

Collusion in Monte Carlo  (Kit Woolsey, Aug 1995) 

Dealing with live-play cheating  (Gregg Cattanach+, May 2006) 

Dice magicians  (Paul Weaver, July 2010) 

Dice manipulation  (Paul Epstein, Nov 2005) 

Dice manipulation  (Kit Woolsey, Jan 1995) 

Gamesmanship vs. cheating  (Albert Steg+, May 1994) 

How to tell when somebody's cheating  (Michael Halpenny+, Feb 2001) 

How to tell you're playing a computer  (Douglas Zare, Dec 2003) 

Premature roll and late pick-up  (Ian Shaw, Feb 2002) 

Taking advantage of computer players  (Matthew J. Reklaitis, July 1997) 

Using computer to aid online play  (Paul Weaver, July 2006) 

Using computer to aid online play  (Ken Arnold+, Mar 2006) 

Using computer to aid online play  (Patti Beadles+, Jan 2003) 

With a baffle box  (Joe Russell, Aug 2009) 

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