New Features

Play65™ has launched a new exciting feature that sets backgammon online goals to all players. As one of Play65 players, you get bonuses for reaching achievements, and a private room, in which your medals and trophies are presented. Any achievement, which does not necessarily involve winning games, credits you with a symbolic award displayed in the trophies room, as well as with an actual prize. The reward is determined by the goal's difficulty level and by the play mode, in which it was achieved. Virtual Money players are granted with credits and rating, while real players, who play backgammon for money, are granted with VIP store points, they may use for buying cash, tournaments entrees etc.

There are two main achievements categories: Daily achievements and Lifetime achievements, both including many different goals. You may enter your achievements page in order to follow your progress; or view other players' trophies rooms through links in the lobby and game tables. For detailed explanation click backammon achievements information.

Play65™ gives to his Real Money Backgammon players the chance to be updated with their private game and dice rolls statistics.

Do you think your fortune has stopped smiling on you? Now you can put it to a test and get all the exact answers.
One click and you are in - Personal Statistics for Real Money players.

(*Available for players with min. 500 games history)

Everybody wants to feel as a VIP - now, everyone can!

Winning in either daily or weekly brand new routine tournaments, grants the finalists with one month free membership at play65 exclusive VIP Club. Abundance benefits, which grow as you climb the VIP ladder; VIP only free rolls, accumulated shopping points, personal manager etc.
Sounds intriguing?
Click on backgammon events for more information and registration

Virtual Money, the new online backgammon mode, has been launched and it was worth the waiting!
Explore the new mode features: Play games, earn Virtual Money Credits, gain rating, participate in backgammon tournaments, analyze your games and climb your way up in the leader board – all this and more available for your enjoyment.
For more information, click Virtual Money.

Now available for FREE for two weeks!

We do not usually get ahead of ourselves, but this project is so immense that we have to let our players know!
In the 6th of March 2011, we are going to launch the next big thing in the online backgammon world, that will change the way you enjoy your online experience.

Stay tuned for more information!

Since 1st of January 2011, Play65™ has reduced the additional commission taken between two players with high rating differences.

Increase of 50% in commissions when the rating difference is 100 to 199.
Increase of 100% in commissions when the rating difference is 200 or more.
Increase of 150% in commissions when the rating difference is 250 or more.
Increase of 200% in commissions when the rating difference is 300 or more.

Ho Ho Ho.

Christmas is here, and the presents are near.

New Santa Claus avatar is waiting for you!

Merry Christmas.

Play65™ Staff.

Following your requests, Play65™ has changed rating colors. Now they reflect your skill levels better. And it certainly more fun.

New player
0-1499
1500-1649
1650-1799
1800-1950
1950+

Purples enjoy the widest range of potential opponents; Oranges can look down on the others while still striving to get back the red hallmark, and the Reds have to make sure to stay the strongest backgammon players in Play65™ lobby.

When we launched the VIP program we granted each player a VIP level based upon his current stars balance.
The trial period of the VIP will end soon, and on 01/10/10 your VIP status will be re-calculated based upon the VIP points you've accumulated during September.

Play65™ gets the low rollers in the backgammon game, as the minimum bet drops to $0.1. You can play on stakes lower as $0.1 to $0.49 for a minimal fixed commission of ¢3, paid by both players.

Play65™ provides you with more reasons to become a VIP:
Special Freerolls, Sit & Go's, and Satellites for VIP Players

• Earn more VIP Points and Shop Points while playing any type of tournament!
• Get the equal amount of your entry fees as Points on EVERY tournament round
• More Sit & Go tournaments with lower entry fees

Play65™ is happy to introduce the newly launched VIP Club, the very first loyalty club in online backgammon, where loyal players win twice on every real money backgammon game they play, by earning VIP points and shop points that can be used in our new & exclusive VIP gift shop.

Play65™ VIP Club has three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The more you play, the higher you climb on the VIP level; the higher you climb, the faster you accumulate VIP points and shop points, the more luxurious gifts you can purchase on our gift shop, without spending any money…

More information about Play65™ VIP Club

Sign in to Play65™ using your facebook* login details and publish your matches results to your friends in real time. You've just won a backgammon game? Reached to a higher rating level or created a private tournament? Let your friends know about it with no additional hassle.

To connect your existing Play65™ user account with your chosen social network account, log in to Play65™, fill in your facebook login details (for example), and then click on "connect accounts". Click on the "settings" button to choose which events you would like to share with your friends.

*or other social networks that appear at the login box

Personalize your player's profile by choosing a unique avatar from Play65™'s new selection of 15 original images. You can find this new feature by clicking the "settings" button.

Organize your own private backgammon tournaments and earn extra money on Play65™ newest feature. With Play65™ private tournaments feature, you can decide on the tournament's buy-in, length, number of players and choose the players one by one. Moreover, you earn a 5% commission from the prize pool of every tournament you create!

To keep the tournament private, you protect it with a password. To join a private tournament (available on the Sit & Go/Private tab in the game lobby), you should ask the tournament creator for the password - that unless you were personally invited and given the password already.

Play65™ is happy to introduce new and improved satellite tournaments!

In Play65™'s event satellite, the more players join, the more players receive prizes; thus, the top two or even top four players can win a free entry to a bigger tournament.The rest of the prize pool will go to the finalist or semi finalists (minus commission), All depending on the number of participants.

Also, be sure to check out our Satellite Sit & Gos, available anytime for all major tournaments!

To find Event Satellites on the game lobby click on Tournaments tab and then on the Satellites tab

Play65™ invites high rollers to play backgammon for $1,000 per bet and enjoy special rakes. Play65™ is raising the stakes' roof to $1,000 and reducing the commissions to 2.45% for each real money game played on $1,000 (initial bet).

Play65™ is happy to introduce a new game format: backgammon blitz, where each player can spend no more than 10 seconds for each move and a maximum of 30 seconds for the entire game. The backgammon blitz will be available in single games, match games and tournaments.

"Automatic Moves" enabling you to move the checkers automatically whenever a move is forced.

*Please note that if all moves in a turn are forced and this option is checked, the turn will end and switch back to the other player after making the forced moves automatically.

Play65™ is proud to announce on the update of BGblitz, the backgammon software used to determine the winner when games end untimely with no evident winner. Play65™ is now using the latest version of the software, which underwent additional adjustments to suit our needs as well.

Play65™ is using BGblitz to conclude how to split the prize between the two players when a game ends prematurely, either due to a player's disconnection or timer ends, for several years with much success. The known bugs that lead to players' complaints regarding wrongly divided prizes have been fixed and now its conclusions are more accurate than ever.

For more info: www.bgblitz.com

Play65™ allows you to open up the menu with a mouse click. From now, every time you want to change your settings, invite a friend or browse through the help topics, simply right click on the lobby dialog and the menu will be opened right away.

Play65™ gives you more information on other users and gets you closer with your friends! Right clicking on a player's name on any list will open a new menu, allowing you to choose between viewing the player's details, adding him/her to your community or changing your community settings.

Enter Play65™ backgammon tournaments in a matter of minutes simply by right clicking on the name of the tournament. With Play65™ new shortcut to each tournament lobby you can now open every tournament lobby with one click.

Play65™ is happy to introduce its new felt backgammon board, for those of you who like the sound of dice rolling on a soft surface. Play65™ felt board is designed with 3D graphics accompanied by realistic sounds that match the real life playing experience.

Play65™ reminds you of your last opponents. New on our backgammon platform, reunite with the last players you have played against on your previous game sessions upon entering the game lobby. Once you wish to open a game, click on "invite" and you will find a list with your last opponents, next to your community friends tab.

1. You can choose whether or not to highlight recommended moves by ticking on or off the Enable Highlighted Moves box.
2. To switch all sound on or off, please use the Sound box.
3. For real money players only: if you and your friend are trying to set up a game together, but cannot find each other, please tick off the Show Only Players Close to My Rating box.

1. Click on the checker with the right mouse key to move the lower dice value and with the left mouse key to move the higher dice value.
2. Drag the checker to the desired location.

1. Press Create a New Match (located underneath the game list) and define the backgammon rules. Upon doing that, your name will appear in everyone else's game lobby with a Join button to the left of it. You will see your own name there with a Leave button to the left of it - upon pressing that button you will be able to leave the list;
2. Press Join to join an existing game with pre-defined rules. You may not change the rules without your opponent's full consent.