![]() The story of the invention of canasta was first published in Coronet Magazine in 1953 (Coronet was the rival to Reader's Digest at the time.) The credit for canasta invention goes to an attourney by the name of Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato, an architect. Theīiggest meld of all (7 cards), the canasta, is called a "basket". Is, "weaving the cards", is a colorful Spanish way of saying that a meld of three of a kind or more is being "woven" together. The game also reached craze proportions in 1950s Britain. During the 50s, canasta was one of the most popular card games in the United States. The New York Times Magazine wrote several articles on canasta - a rummy-like card game.Ĭanasta was invented in Uruguay around 1940. Life featured a cover story about canasta and published canasta rules inside. ![]() Fortune magazine reported that sales of canasta books and card decks were breaking all prior records. Time magazine wrote that canasta "had spread across the entire hemisphere". When 50 years ago the Canasta 'craze' reached the United States, Newsweek was reporting that Canasta now "rivaled Monopoly and Mah Jongg, the two biggest games of all time". ![]()
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