Continental Rummy

Continental Rummy, also called Continental, Double-deck rummy and May I, is a progressive partnership rummy card game related to Rumino. It is considered the forerunner of the whole family of rummy games that use two packs of cards as one. Its name comes from the fact that it is played throughout continental Europe, especially in the Czech Republic and Slovakia where it is known as Žolíky, as well as in the United States, Mexico, Canada and South America. According to the card game writer Albert Morehead, it was at one time the most popular form of rummy in women's afternoon games, until in 1950 it lost out to Canasta.