Canasta

Canasta is a Rummy game with a Latin beat that excites with its wild cards and high scoring hands. Canasta ("basket" in Spanish") became the favorite card game of millions of North Americans when it arrived from South America with the Samba and Bossa Nova. Today, Canasta is still a big hit with players of all ages and skill levels.  The "HOT" versions of Canasta for the past few years has been "Hand and Foot" (often abbreviated as "Hand-N-Foot") and Samba has been making a return.