Casino War is considered by most - if not all - to be the easiest card game to play at the casino. Imagine a game based on an old basic card game and adapted for the casino arena. This is Casino War - simplicity itself. For anyone who has played the classic card game 'War' - this casino game will appear to be even easier - as the casino version is based on the easy game that is played around the globe.Casino War can definitely be accredited to the childhood game that most remember of War. It was and is a simple game that is basically played by two opponents who draw cards and the one with the highest value card is the winner. The value of the cards is the same as in Poker, Ace being the highest, then the face cards and the numbers follow. War as we then knew it was the first introduction that most children had to cards and it also helped with numbers. It was not a gambling game then.

Over the years different versions of war developed and it became a popular game with the adults also. There is a Russian version called P'yantisa, or Drunkard, which is played with 36 cards from a pack. The original version of War was played with one pack of 52 cards and the version of Casino War that is known today is played with six packs of full decks i.e. 6 lots of 52 cards. Different variations of the game of war could be played with two, three or four players. The original game of War it was played with two players and the cards were divided up equally between the two players. The players would then turn over simultaneously their top cards and the player with the highest value card was the winner of that round. There were two versions of the game, either to get rid of all of your cards or to get your opponent to lose all of his cards. Depending on which version was played would obviously depend on the tactics of the players. If the value of the cards were the same then they would each deal a blind card which was not shown and then turn over the next card which was shown. The player with the highest card would either take all of the cards or give them to his opponent, depending on which version of the game was being played.

The basics of the original game of War have been adapted over the years to give us the game of Casino War that we know today. Casino War is considered to be one of the easiest and most rewarding of the casino games that there are today. Over the years Casino War developed at land based casinos as a side attraction. It was meant for the partners of the high rolling players, to keep them busy as their better halves played the big buck games. It was never thought of as a thinking mans game as the chances of winning are 50/50 whether you play with one deck of cards or six decks of cards. It is now the norm to play with six decks of cards. A special green felt table was designed and produced for Casino War games to be played. The game was given status but still did not take off that much as it was not considered a serious game. The highest odds that were ever given were 10:1 so unless enormous bets were placed it was never going to be the high rolling game. Some considered it a game for the beginners to become comfortable with casino surroundings; others just considered it a game for lesser players like the partners of high rollers as mentioned before.