Hrqls: In backgammon it shouldn't matter because the "randomness" is the same for both players, but it can mess someone up who is used to a more random kind of randomness.. lol.. it doesn't take much to mess me up.

You can predict with more than random accuracy what might happen in a game of backgammon. If bumping a piece back exposes the attacking piece, then odds are good for getting a number that can bump that piece back. That's normal, but I've seen more doubles and big numbers nearer the end of games than at the beginning. There should be no discernible pattern after several games. 10 doubles in a roll I can believe but not a pattern showing up in 10 successive games. Again, I'm not complaining and the fact is this could just be my imagination talking.

An artificial intelligence can't play well against a moderately experienced player. Thinking in backgammon is much more intuitive than chess. There isn't a program that can beat the best backgammon players in the world, not even close.