Tontine

Tontine is an historical French gambling game for five to twelve players using playing cards. It is a social game of pure chance in which the chips (jetons) circulate between the players and the pool until one player wins all the chips in play. History The rules of Tontine are recorded as early as 1725 and continued to be published throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Rules Five to twelve play using a standard pack of 52 cards. Only the rank of the cards is important; suits are irrelevant. Deal and play are anticlockwise. Preliminaries