RACING
RACING is a simple gambling game.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Any number may play.
CARDS
Racing is played with the standard pack of 52 cards.
THE PLAY
The four Aces are placed in a row on the table. The remainder of the pack is shuffled and cut, and the banker draws the top seven cards from the pack and lays them in a vertical column immediately below the Aces, so that the layout takes the form of a T (see below).
The banker deals the remaining cards one at a time, and each time that the card of a suit is dealt the Ace of the same suit is moved one card forward, the winner being the Ace that is first to pass the seventh card.
Players place their stakes on whichever Ace they choose. The race ends when an Ace passes the seventh card.
Racing layout. The banker might offer evens son a suit if there are no cards in the layout, 2-1 if there is one card (as with clubs and hearts here), 3-1 if there are two cards (diamonds here), 5-1 if there are three cards (spades here) and 10-1 if there are four cards.
If there are five or more playing cards of a suit in the layout, it is impossible for that suit to win, and there must be a redeal.