Casino

How to play Casino

1. 1Four cards go face up in the middle and everyone gets four. When all hands are empty, everyone gets four more until the deck runs out; the middle is never topped up.
2. 2Aces count 1 and number cards their number. Jacks, Queens and Kings have no count: they only take matching face cards.
3. 3On your turn play one card in one of three ways. Take: pick up cards in the middle that match it, groups of them that add up to it, and builds worth its count, as many as you can in one go. Build: put it on cards in the middle to make a total you hold another card for (a 3 on a 5 when you hold an 8); anyone holding that total can take the build, and you may raise a build to a higher total you hold. Lay: leave it in the middle, which you can't do while you own a build.
4. 4Clearing the middle is a sweep, worth a point (except on the very last play). Whoever made the last capture takes whatever is left.
5. 5After each deal: 3 points for most cards, 1 for most spades, 2 for Big Casino (10♦), 1 for Little Casino (2♠) and 1 for each ace, plus sweeps. Ties for most cards or spades score nothing.
6. 6The first player to 21 or more, ahead of everyone else, wins.

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