Players cut for deal and the player with the lowest card deals first. Ties 'cut over' and Aces are low. ☀️ Dealer gives each player four cards, singly, eldest hand first. Four cards are dealt to the table either regularly as ☀️ he deals or in packets of two, three or all four. After the first four hand cards are played, the ☀️ dealer deals another four each, singly, but none to the table, and this continues until all cards have been played ☀️ out.
Also making its first appearance in 1897 was the "interesting variation" of Spade Cassino in which every spade scored a ☀️ point except for the ♠J which scored 2. This replaced the usual score for "most spades" and gave 24 points ☀️ per hand, excluding sweeps. Game is 61 and hence it is scored on a cribbage board, all points being pegged ☀️ as they are made apart from "most cards" which is pegged at the end.[19]
Diamond Cassino [ edit ]
Diamond Cassino is ☀️ a recent variant that has been described as a "cross between Cassino and Scopa". Only 40 cards are used, the ☀️ courts being removed. Players are dealt three cards each, and four cards are dealt to the table. Game is 11 ☀️ up and players get 1 for most cards, 1 for most diamonds, 1 for the ♦7, 2 for all four ☀️ 7s, 6s or As, and 1 for each sweep.[21]