Backgammon

If you bear all your men off the board before your Opponent has borne any of his off you win a 'gammon', i.e. a double game. That means that whatever the stake has become as a result of automatic doubles and of doubles having been offered and accepted, you win twice the amount. If, for example, the original stake was 1$ but you have doubled Black to 2 and he has re-doubled you to 4, the stake has become 4$. If one of you wins a gammon he wins 8$.

The rules of Backgammon also provide for triple games, although players often agree not to play them, as they severely penalize the playing of 'back games'. When triple games are being played, a player wins three times the stake if he bears off all his men while his Opponent has borne off none of his men and still has a man either on the bar or in the winner's home board. Experience in tournament play shows that most triple games occur when the player who is behind is trying to bring off the 'coup classique'.