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Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Saturday, 2 June 2007, at 6:58 a.m.

In Response To: Play Double (neilkaz)

I haven't played at playdouble.com and don't know anyone who has. But I can tell you a few things.

1. Playdouble.com is apparently based in Trinidad and apparently has some connection to the Sunny Group of Companies.

Sunny Group of Companies "began in Barbados in 1981 as a distributor of educational books" and apparently still does business in that sector. However, they have since expanded into land-based, online and mobile phone gaming (online brand names include Casino Fortune, Miami Beach, Mapau and Gold Gate). The chairman of the firm is Waldo Waldron-Ramsay, a prominent (former UN Ambassador) Barbadian lawyer. Sunny Group is located in Trinidad, has a business presence in several countries and holds six gaming licences on three continents.

There is nothing on Sunny Group's website about Playdouble or vice versa. However, Playdouble.com sponsors tournaments put on by the Trinidad Backgammon Association. The contact person for the April 2007 tournament was Earl Durity, who is the International VIP Manager at Sunny Group. His contact info at The Trinidad BG website included Sunny Grou's telephone number and this email address: "earl AT playdouble DOT com".

2. According to links on the playdouble site, financial transactions (if any) for playdouble.com are handled by Sun Internet Services in St. John's, Antigua.

3. Playdouble's software was apparently developed by Arkadium, a company with offices in New York City and somewhere in the Ukraine.

4. Playdouble is a sponsor of the LA Open 2007 (TD Pat Gibson/Gammon Associates).

5. http://www.live-backgammon.net/ is another entry point for playdouble.com.


Websites: An interesting article:

For what it's worth, playdouble.com's language about robot players is almost exactly the same as that on the Play65 shill site backgammon.org.il. Compare:

http://backgammon.org.il/backgammon-real-players.phphttp://www.playdouble.com/faq.asp
Please note that you can chat with your opponents and viewers while playing. You can also match against a friend: we never force you to play against anyone. In any case the site is always impartial as a rake is always collected from each game.Please note that you can chat with your opponents and viewers while playing. You can also set up a match against a friend: we never force you to play against anyone. In any case, the site is always impartial as a rake is always collected from each game.


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