Tontine (card game)
| A sociable game of chance | |
A King earns 3 jetons | |
| Origin | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Game of hazard |
| Players | 5 – 12 |
| Skills | nil |
| Cards | 52 |
| Deck | French-suited, Paris pattern |
| Play | Anticlockwise |
| Chance | entirely random |
Tontine is an historical French gambling game for five to twelve players using playing cards. It is a social game of pure chance in which the chips (jetons) circulate between the players and the pool until one player wins all the chips in play.