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Comparison of rakes From:   Raccoon Date:   30 December 2006 Subject:   Online rakes as of 30 December 2006 Forum:   GammOnLine Let's compare the rake on an average money game (value estimated as 2.2 points per game) at PartyGammon, TrueMoneygames, GamesGrid, GammonEmpire/Play65, and BackgammonMasters. Gammon- Party- True- Empire/ Backgammon- Stake Gammon Moneygames GamesGrid Play65 Masters ---------------------------------------------------------------------- $1/point: $0.26 $0.19 $0.08 $0.22 n/a $2/point: $0.53 $0.39 $0.16 $0.43 n/a $3/point: $0.79 $0.58 $0.24 $0.65 n/a $5/point: $1.32 $0.97 $0.30 $1.08 $0.90 $10/point: $2.66 $1.95 $0.30 $2.18 $1.76 $30/point: $7.99 $5.19 $0.80 $5.19 $4.13 $50/point: $10.00 $8.58 $0.80 $8.58 $8.58 $100/point $10.00 $14.96 $0.80 $12.76 $17.16 Note: the rake on TrueMoneygames, GammonEmpire/Play65 and Backgammon- Masters may be 50% lower (if both players have high ratings) or as much as 200% higher (depending on the difference between the players' ratings) than the amounts shown above. Example: You play for $10/point on PartyGammon. An average game is worth 2.2 points. The "combined wager" is $10 (the stake) * 2.2 (the average game value) * 6% (PartyGammon's commission) * 2 (the rake is per player) = $2.66 Sources: http://www.partygammon.com/how_to_play/rake_and_blind.html http://www.truemoneygames.com/backgammon/things_to_know/rake_and_rating http://www.gamesgrid.com/backgammon/E-jackpots-fees.html http://english.backgammonmasters.com/rake.html http://www.gammonempire.com/backgammon.php as of 2006 December 30.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

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Club Games  (Ashton Haze, Sept 2005) 

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DailyGammon  (Dan Wittkopp+, July 2004) 

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FIBS--Financial support  (Kit Woolsey, Aug 1997) 

FIBS--Original announcement  (Andreas Schneider, July 1992) 

FIBS--Top Tournament Performers  (Osman Guner, July 2003) 

FIBS--Your worst fears  (Richard Greenberg, Nov 1995) 

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GameSite2000--Announcment  (GameSite 2000, Jan 2000) 

Games4Dollars  (Info Team, Apr 2004) 

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GamesGrid--Announcement  (CyberArts Inc., June 1996) 

GamesGrid--Comparison to FIBS  (Ken Arnold, May 1997) 

GamesGrid--Second version  (Ken Arnold, Sept 1996) 

GamesGrid--Update  (Ken Arnold, Mar 1998) 

Gammon Empire--Announcement  (Jerry, Nov 2004) 

Gammon11  (sirkaber, May 2006) 

HigherGames--Announcement  (Michael Gilbert, Dec 2003) 

ItsYourTurn--Announcement  (Tom Buhrman, Sept 1999) 

Ladbrokes.com  (mccm1976, May 2006) 

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MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience  (Mark Ferrante+, Nov 1997) 

MSN Gaming Zone--Thoughts  (Gregg Cattanach, Dec 1998) 

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Overview  (chinaski+, June 2008) 

Overview  (Alan Webb, Jan 1999) 

PiranhaGammon  (Piranha, Dec 2007) 

Play65/GammonEmpire  (Butch Meese+, July 2005) 

Play65/GammonEmpire  (Daniel Murphy+, Dec 2004) 

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Play65/GammonEmpire--Are they the same?  (Tony Yarwood+, Aug 2005) 

Play65/GammonEmpire--Review  (Tom Keith+, Sept 2005) 

Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms  (David Warmind+, May 2007) 

Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms  (Erik Sorensen+, Apr 2007) 

Playmaker World--Announcement  (Michael Crane, Nov 2001) 

Playsite--Announcement  (Seth Tapper, Mar 1997) 

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Richard's Play-by-E-mail Server  (Richard Rognlie, May 1997) 

TrueMoneygames--Announcement  (TrueMoneygames Info, Apr 2002) 

VOG  (Glenn+, Feb 2000) 

Where to play for money  (mginat+, May 2006) 

Where to play for money  (Victor Zanfer+, Apr 2005) 

Yahoo Games  (Steve Fiete+, Mar 1998) 

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melBG--Announcement  (David Kinston, Dec 2000) 

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