Casino Cards Decks Variety

According to the common belief the playing cards appeared in the 9th century in China. They were hand-made and hand-painted, so only rich people could afford them. From there they moved to India and Japan, and later to Italy. A lot of scientists think that to Italy cards were brought from Egypt. They were spread around the world by pilgrims, gypsies, settlers and colonists. The mass production of cards started in the 14th century with the woodcuts invention.

Cards Decks Types

The classical deck of cards includes 52 cards of 4 suits (containing 13 cards each). Cards suits are:

• The Spades - at first they had the picture of vine-leaves on them.
• The Clubs - the picture had the form of the acorn or the clover leaf.
• The Diamond - this suit type had the picture of the brick or the jingle.
• The Hearts - the picture is in the shape of heart.

Popular card casino games -poker and blackjack are played with the typical deck. But there are many other interesting and commonly unknown:

1. Pinochle. The cards deck includes 48 cards from the usual set. Each suit consists of 12 cards instead of regular 13. 9s, 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces are doubled in the game and the others are eliminated.
2. Euchre. The deck of 25 cards, including Joker, Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10 and 9.
3. Uno. The game appeared in 1987 and is played with special deck of cards. It contains 108 cards of 4 suits of the different colors. There are also wild cards in this type of decks.

There also exist some different cards decks types, which are used for playing the particular games. They all are unique and differ strongly, so if you are interested in some exotic card game, you should necessarily find out the information about the cards it is played with.

If you are interested in cards decks for collecting purposes, you can find them in limited editions only. The regular cards sets can be found in the nearest market.