Poker has been the name of the game for some time in the online world but Gin Rummy seems to be pulling its own weight and moving up in the gaming ranks. According to RummyRoyal, an online gin rummy website, Rummy is doing quite well and has gained popularity since their 2007 inception.

Shachar Schalka, the Chief Executive Officer for the RummyRoyal website has commented that people were unsure where Rummy would fit in the online world with the plethora of poker, casino, bridge and backgammon websites. But Schalka believes that Rummy is now ‘the closest product to poker from all of the multi player games available on the market’ that combines skill and luck.

The RummyRoyal website has many variations of rummy for their players. Gin Rummy, Traditional Rummy, Oklahoma Gin, Kalooki 40 and Rummy 51 also known as Kalooki can be found on the website that plays two to four players using two decks of cards.

The site is also similar to poker sites as they offer single table tournaments, ring tables and multi table tournaments. The site also offers free rolls on a weekly and daily basis, as poker rooms do.


- 2008-11-21