# Are There Any Casinos in Vegas Where You Can Gamble On Solitaire? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465 "2006-04-05T20:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465/21 "2006-04-07T03:01:28Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I have seen, but not played, Casino War, and it sure does sound stupid. But from a strategy standpoint, it’s more complicated than baccarat (lessee…bet on player? or bet on dealer? About as exciting as betting on a coin flip.) Baccarat sucks if you’re playing it as “mini-baccarat.” But if you’re playing for high stakes, in a cool tuxedo, with a hot chick that might put out sometime between high speed car chases, you learn to ignore the fact that even with regular baccarat all decisions are made by the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465/22 "2006-04-07T04:31:44Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > This story is told in Hoyle’s Rules of Games about a man who made a killing in Saratoga running this game in his casino. His name, shockingly, was Canfield. Yes, one of my sources (a pretty much throwaway type book of rules for card games for one and two players) tells the same story. Saratoga Springs NY, named for Mister Canfield, the owner of a popular gambling den. No idea if it’s true or an urban legend. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465/23 "2006-04-07T05:05:12Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I was mentally composing a James Bond scene with dashing men in tuxedos, women in low-cut evening gowns, villains with eye-patches…playing rock/paper/scissors. I’m sooo glad you brought this up. James Bond _does_ play rock/paper/scissors in _You Only Live Twice_ (the novel). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465/24 "2006-04-07T21:15:13Z")
> [@](#): > > YES. “Canfield” typically costs $50 up front to play. Pays $1 for each card played/placed on tableau. I hope this was a typo… Spend $50 for a chance to win up to $2? That sounds like an awfully bad bet, even by Vegas standards. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465/25 "2006-04-08T00:38:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I hope this was a typo… Spend $50 for a chance to win up to $2? That sounds like an awfully bad bet, even by Vegas standards. Haven’t seen Canfield, have seen Klondike (online). The Klondike was a multiple of $5.20 (so $5.20, 10.40, etc. up to $52.) Each card moved to the foundation pays $5 (in a $52 game), so you have to get 11 cards to the foundation within the amount of deals, which is not easy. This means, of course, winning the game pays $260, for a net win of $208. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-casinos-in-vegas-where-you-can-gamble-on-solitaire/351465.md?page=1)