the probabilities and the plays relate to at the same time the Game of pure chance and the Game of chance reasoned.

The Mathématicien Pascal is very known to have theorized the plays but thereafter von Neumann (Game theory) and Kolmogorov brought elements much more important.

In Data-processing, Tesauro used the observation of many parts of Backgammon in order to develop a software of car training based on this play.