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Casino Card Games - Do You Know The Main Ones?

For those who actually play cards online, they may be interested to know that there are at least 20 different online games to play - how many casino cards games do you know?

Here is a list of some of the main card games played for money today :-

· 3-Card Poker
· 400 (card game)
· Baccarat
· Bingo
· Blackjack
· Blackjack Switch
· Blind Hookey
· Bourre
· Caribbean Stud Poker
· Casino War
· Liar’s Poker
· Poker
· Primero
· Red Dog
· Texas Hold’em
· Seven Card Brag
· Three Card Brag
· Teen Patti

Texas Hold’em is by far and away the most popular variation of the traditional Poker theme with millions of players throughout the world,. It is this form of Poker which forms the basis for sop many of the big name Poker competitions, with literally millions of pounds up for grabs!

Like so many traditional games, the history of Poker is a little hazy although there have been reports of the game being played as far back as 1829. It will come as no surprise to those who follow the game, that it was first played in New Orleans, an area which has more than its fair share of casinos even to this day.

While the game has developed then, from a rumoured 20 card pack, to the more traditional 52 card pack, the main elements of the game have changed very little. After becoming popular in New Orleans, it soon swept the US, and became very prominent in the creation of the multi billion dollar online casino games industry of today. This is an industry that not only earns millions of dollars a year, it is an industry which employs hundreds of thousands of people and a vital part of many local economies.