the name of a game at cards, which is of French origin. It may be played at by any number of people, though a single pack of cards is used during the deal. The dealer, who possesses an advantage, shuffles the cards, and, after they have been cut by another of the party, deals out two cards on his left hand, turning them up, then one for himself, and a fourth which he places on the table for the company, and which is called the re-jouissance. On this card any or all of the company, the dealer excepted, may put their money, which the dealer is compelled to answer. The dealer continues turning the cards upwards, one by one, till two of a sort come up, that is to say, two aces, two deuces, or the like, which, to prevent mistakes, or their being considered as single cards, he places on each side of his own card; and as often as two, three, or the fourth sort of a card comes up, he invariably places, as before mentioned, on each side of his own card. The company has a right to take and put money upon any single card, unless the dealer's card should happen to be double, which is often the case, by his card being the same as one of the two hand-cards which he first dealt out on his left hand. Thus he continues dealing till he brings either their cards or his own. Whilst the dealer's own card remains undrawn, he wins; and whichever card is turned up first, loses. If he deals out the two cards on his left hand, which are styled the hand-cards, before his own, he is entitled to deal again.

This advantage amounts to no more than his being exempted from losing, when he turns up a similar card to his own, immediately after he has turned up one for himself. Lansquinet is often played without the rejoissance, the dealer giving every one of the party a card to put his money upon. It is often played also by dealing only two cards, one for the company and the other for the dealer. It should be observed, that a limitation is generally fixed for the sum to be placed upon any card or number of cards, either in gold or silver, beyond which the dealer is not obliged to answer.