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Editorial Note
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Our goal has been reached! We have already made the best canasta software ever created; you will never find a better canasta program anywhere. Canasis has already been recognized as changing the course of canasta evolution and gone down in canasta history with the invention of new styles of canasta. Of course, we are not stopping there so we are still accepting suggestions for new features.
We are also reaching new heights with the number of people playing canasta, its getting busier and busier each day with over 30,000 members and 4000 different people playing each day.
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Canasta Leagues And Clubs
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A list of canasta groups run by players we are proud to host at Canasis.
Interested in creating or bringing a league or club here? Email us.
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Rule Options Chart
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A quick chart to help you with the many styles of canasta we have.
Remember, you can customize the rules to your needs.
| RULE OPTIONS |
NORMAL |
DRIVE
THRU™ |
TRADITIONAL |
| Basic Rules |
| Cards Drawn |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Number of starting cards |
11 |
16 |
11 |
| Game goes up to |
5000 |
3000 |
5000 |
| Pure wildcard groups allowed |
Yes |
Yes |
N |
| Pot Rules |
| Natural pair always needed in meld for pot |
Yes |
N |
N |
| Minimum initial points needed to first pickup pot |
Yes |
N |
Yes |
| Pot frozen at start of hand |
Yes |
N |
Yes |
| Seperate freezing for each player at start |
N |
N |
Yes |
| Only frozen till after player makes initial meld |
N |
N |
Yes |
| Canasta Rules |
| Canastas needed to end hand |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Clean canastas needed to end hand |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Canastas needed for + score |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Canasta bonus points count for minimum initial |
Yes |
n/a |
N |
| Adding cards to canastas |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Red Three Rules |
| Red three bonus amount |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Red three draws replacement card |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Red three can be thrown (freezes pot) |
Yes |
N |
N |
| Double bonus for all 4 red threes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Card Values/Worth Chart
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In canasta, each card has a certain value or worth. Here is a simple chart for newbies to use as reference.
| Card |
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Value/Worth |
| black 3, 4-7 |
5 points |
| 8-King |
10 points |
| 2, Ace |
20 points |
| Jokers |
50 points |
| Red 3 |
usually 100 points (can be changed in rule options) |
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Minimum Initial Meld Chart
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In canasta, you have to have a specific number of points in your first meld to leave the cards on the table.
The minimum number of points increases for each hand as your total score for the game goes up.
Here is a simple chart for newbies to use as reference.
This "minimum" rule is of course optional and can be turned off.
| Previous Score |
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Minimum Requirement |
| negative |
no minimum |
| 0 to 1495 |
50 points |
| 1500 to 2995 |
90 points |
| 3000 or more |
120 points |
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Features
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Most of the features that have been requested in the past year of beta testing are now available in Canasis canasta for your enjoyment, and many more features are on the way. Here is just a taste of the canasta features:
- 2-4 player with or without partnerships
- 3 robots: easy, robot gone crazy, average
- 442,368 rule variations possible
- open partnerships option
- highlighting of cards picked up
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Upcoming Changes/Improvements
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The below changes are on our canasta todo list but we do not know for sure if or when they will be finished.
- quick-gameover option if deck is empty
- add double dirty canasta rule option
- add hand and foot style
- add canasta five style (3 deck)
- 6 player canasta (2vs2vs2, and 3vs3)
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