By the late 1970’s and throughout the 80’s Lucille Ball played backgammon for hours on end with whomever was up for the challenge. She also often played at PIPS, a backgammon club in Beverly Hills founded by Hugh Hefner. Lucy even constructed permanent tables in her homes and often held private tournaments with friends.
Sometimes she would bring her own traveling set to PIPS like this one, which she would also take on trips to play on the go. The board and pieces can be seen with Lucy and her opponent in the photograph by Peter C. Borsari taken at PIPS.