Casino Card Game
Number of Players:
Casino card game requires two players.
Online Objective:
To score points by capturing cards through "matching," by "combining," or by "building."
The Cards:
Regular Hoyle pack of 52-cards is used.
How To Play:
For Casino card game deal four cards to each player and four cards face up on the table. Dealer keeps the rest of the pack ready. Nondealer plays first; players then alternate until the round is over. You can combine the card you play with cards on the table in many possible ways.
Matching:
If your card matches by rank a card on the table, you can take the pair immediately. Place the them face down in front of you on the table.
A, K, Q, and J can be taken only in pairs, if two queens are on the table and you hold another queen, you can take only one of the queens. However, if three matching face cards are on the table and you hold the fourth, you can take all four.
Combining:
If your card matches the rank of another card on the table, you can take them immediately. For example; an eight can capture an eight, two fours, a five and a three, a six and a two, or a seven and an ace (aces count low in Casino). The eight can capture all four combinations in one turn.
Building Rules:
In Casino card game if there is at least one free card on the table, plus the card you play, totals the number of a card in you hand, announce the build number and pile up the build to take next turn. For example, if you have a 6 on the table and a 3 and 9 in your hand, you could play the 3 onto the 6 and say "Building 9’s." On your next turn, if opponent hasn’t taken it, you can take the build with your 9.
In Casino card game your opponent can change the value of a build by playing another card. In this case, your opponent can play an ace on the build and say "Building 10’s." This tells you he or she has a 10 with which to take the build.
But if your 9-build is still there and you have two 9’s in your hand, on your next turn you can put one of them on top of the build and say, "Still building 9’s," intending to take the build with your remaining 9. This creates a multiple build. Players can’t change the value of a multiple build.
Once you make a Casino card game build, on your next turn you decide whether to take the build, add to the build, or make a new build. Leaving a build untaken is risky your opponent might take it, you may leave a build behind as long as you can add cards to it or make another play.
You may take your opponent’s build if you have the right card. Also nothing prevents your opponent from taking your build.
Free Scoring Instructions:
Casino card game players count their cards and note the cards with extra value.
Each deal contains 11 points:
|
|
 10 (Big Casino) |
2 points |
 2 (Little Casino) |
1 points |
A,  A,  A, A |
1 point each |
| Majority of spades (7 or more) |
1 point |
| Majority of cards (27 or more) |
3 points |
(If tied at 26 cards, neither player wins these points.)
Trailing:
You may also play a card by trailing it, place it on the table without building it onto another card. In Casino card game you can’t do this if you have made a build that’s still on the table. You must trail a card if you can’t do anything else on your turn. For strategic reasons, a player might want to trail a card
onto the table even though it matches the rank of one already there.
After the first round of four cards, Casino card game dealer deals another round of four cards each and nondealer again plays first. Continue dealing four-card rounds until the pack is depleted, with dealer announcing "last" on the last round. Whoever makes the last take of the last round gets any cards left on the table.
Play to 21 points or to any other agreed-upon number.
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