Panguingue

Panguingue
Alternative namesPan
TypeRummy
Players2-8
Cards440
DeckAnglo-American; Spanish-Cadiz Pattern
Rank (high→low)K Q J 7 6 5 4 3 2 A
PlayCounter-Clockwise
Related games
Rummy, Mahjong

Panguingue (pronounced "pan-geen-ee", in Tagalog Pangginggí, and also known as Pan) is a 19th-century gambling card game probably of Philippine origin similar to rummy, first described in America in 1905. It used to be particularly popular in Las Vegas and other casinos in the American southwest. Its popularity has been waning, and it is now only found in a handful of casinos in California, in house games and at online poker sites. In California, it, and the low-ball version of poker, were the only games for which it was legal to play for money.