Online Casino?

February 26, 2007 2:08 PM

Anyone know of a good online game of casino?

I'm looking for an online version of casino. Google isn't really helping because "casino" gets misinterpreted. Anyone know where I can find a version to play?

posted by SBMike to sports, hobbies, & recreation (10 comments total)

Wikipedia suggests "pasur" under see also. The pasur entry has links to some games. Is it the same?
posted by acoutu at 2:49 PM on February 26, 2007

I didn't know that anyone outside my family knew how to play that game! Here's hoping there's something out there.
posted by chrisamiller at 3:05 PM on February 26, 2007

There's a variant called "Stealing the Old Man's Bundle," but google doesn't bring up anything meaningful. I too await an answer to this one.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 3:53 PM on February 26, 2007

Now that I re-google, it's called "Steal the Old Man's Bundle" and it can be either a Go-fish type came or a Casino variant, depending on the rules. Here's a link to a freeware download (untested; at your own risk; etc.)
posted by Saucy Intruder at 4:02 PM on February 26, 2007

I don't have an answer but I played a lot of Basra with my Lebanese girlfriend's family - very similar. Just thought I'd give you another search term.
posted by Patrick Graham at 4:06 PM on February 26, 2007

This and this are linked from the very bottom of the page linked in the question.

The former is freeware; the latter lets you play online against other humans.
posted by Partial Law at 5:39 PM on February 26, 2007

I just spent the last 20 minutes or so playing the first one, and it works ok. The interface isn't as quick or intuitive as it could be, but it gets the job done.
posted by Partial Law at 6:02 PM on February 26, 2007

While we're listing variant names, I've also seen the game called Scoba in Corsica.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:13 PM on February 26, 2007

This and this are linked from the very bottom of the page linked in the question.

How embarrassing, the answer was right under my nose. Although the online play in the linked program is only available in the registered version. I should have included "free" in my question. Anyway, the offline game is pretty fun too.
posted by SBMike at 7:49 PM on February 26, 2007

Wow! I thought that my brother had invented this game in his neverending quest to cheat me at cards. Now that I know that this is a real game, I am definitely going to check out the links provided in this thread. Thanks for the question, and thanks to everyone who provided an answer!
posted by LiliaNic at 3:53 PM on February 27, 2007