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Generic on-line card game programs

Ivor Sargoytchev's Net Cards is a shareware free format program that allows any card game using the standard 52-card pack (with jokers if needed) to be played over the Internet.

Evver.com is a site for playing online card games and is the home of an open source project for developing online card games.

Nosferatu has written a Tarot / Tarock module for the free format Vassal Game Engine. This enables any card game using a 78-card French suited Tarot or Tarock deck to be played over the Internet.

Servers for specific card games

Each of the following sites offers a range of games:

• Yahoo! Games (Bridge, Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Poker, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Sheepshead, Blackjack, Canasta)
• Game Colony offers head to head games and multi-player tournaments, which can be played free or for cash prizes: Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Spades, Canasta, Solitaire and Dominoes.
• Case's Ladder Online (Hearts, Spades, Cribbage, Euchre, Bid Whist) features online play versus computer or real opponents, automated online leagues and a tournament ranking system.
• Club Games free server beta testing Poker and Dominoes and planning to offer Hearts, Spades, Gin, Canasta, Cribbage, Euchre
• World Winner (Hearts, Spades, Solitaire)
• The Tams11 lobby (Barbu, Euchre, Cribbage, Oh Pshaw (Oh Hell), Hand and Foot, Snerks (Spite and Malice), Michigan Rummy (Tripoli, Rummoli), Blizo)
• PlaySite (Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Cribbage, Bridge, Gin)
• IPlay (Spades, Hearts, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Euchre)
• Nabisco World (Hearts, Spades, Solitaire)
• Tretre (Tressette, Briscola, Scopa)
• Game Zone (Bridge, Hearts, Spades)
• Games4Money (Gin Rummy, Tonk, Acey Deucey, Spades, Dominoes)
• www.won.net (Blackjack, Hearts, Euchre, Pinochle, Cribbage, Bridge)
• Pogo (Bridge, Euchre, Hearts, Spades)
• World Gaming Center (Cribbage, Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Bridge)
• NetIntellGames (Russian Preference, Gin Rummy, Poker, Spades, Spite and Malice, Durak, Cribbage)
• Favorite Games (Belote, 3-5-8, 66, Bridge)
• Rubl.com (Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Dominoes, Canasta)
• Dracis - Java games: Skat, Whist, Tien Len, Spades, Hearts
• Rummy Network (English) and Ultinet (Hungarian) - Rummy, Gin Rummy, Robber (Manipulation) Rummy, Bridge, Schnapsen (66), Rikiki (Oh Hell), Ulti, Macau (Crazy Eights), Zsir, Tarokk, 21.
• Zoo Games (Spades, Double Deck Pinochle, Gin Rummy)
• Dolphin Cove Games (Gin Rummy, Spades)
• Juegon (Spanish language) (Escoba, Pocha, Poker, Tute, Mus, Domino).
• Ludonet (Italian language) (Briscola, Scopa, Scopone, Tressette, Poker)
• Game Table Online offers several proprietary games requiring special cards, including Nuclear War, Lord of the Fries and Overthrone.
• Randy Rasa's House of Cards includes a large collection of WebTV-compatible card games.
• WebTV card games - a page of links to online card games which playable from a WebTV terminal
• PlayOK Online Games (formerly known as Kurnik) offers several Polish and international games (3-5-8, kierki,hearts, oh hell!, bridge, pan, canasta, 66, cribbage, skat, cucumber, spades, durak, switch, gin rummy, thousand).
• Game Desire (Bridge, Solitaires, 66, 3-5-8, Tysiac, Cheater, Crazy 8s, Cribbage, Euchre, Fantan, Gin, Hearts, Kierki, Kuku, Pan, Pinochle, Planning, Rummy 500, Skat, Spades, Poker: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple, 7 Card Draw, 5 Card Draw, 5 Card Stud). Games are available in several language versions (English, Spanish, German, Turkish).
• Gaming Mainframe has a Card/Casino section with several Java card games.
• Casino Games Simulation has Java versions of several casino games including Blackjack, Paigow Poker, Baccarat and Video Poker which can be played on line for fun or practice.
• Rcade.com has a collection of free online games including several card games.
• The Funny Earth site includes some card games on its board games and casino games pages.
• NeMan Games - a large collection of online games, including several card games.

There are also sites offering services for Bridge and Poker and other specific card games - see the links on those pages for further details.

Randy Rasa's House of Cards has further information about on-line card game sites.