This is the version I learnt as a kid. My maternal grandmother taught it to me. She said that it used to be played as a gambling game. The Chinese Communities in Australia used to always have some 'tout' (especially during WWII) who would 'sell' a soldier on leave the pack for so much, then you got paid so much for each card out. I seem to remember the figures of a shilling per card and at least a Pound for the pack, but it might have been more for the pack. The little 'touts' seemed to make a profit...

This is also the version that has appeared in most Windows versions since 3.1. I used to use it as a quick test after setting up a PC - if it worked, most of the system was working!

Robin