Play of The Game

YES! You are now able to pause and restart both Live and ACE games as you need.

Unlike in person games, CJ requires you to pick the pack by FIRST taking the top card and placing it in the meld area. When you add your matching pair, the pack will “Pop” into your hand. If this is your initial meld, remember the rules! If you don’t have sufficient points, the move will fail and you will be penalized an additional 10 points. 

Yes! You can now see your team and your opponent’s score after the hand is ended. You will see each team’s performance splitted by category.You can also see the hand by tapping/clicking on the “See Hand” button (maintain to see, release to show scores)

You have tap or click on the “See Hand” button to see the entire hand. Maintain the button pressed to see, release it to show scores.

A special hand consists of 14 cards in hand.
Special hands are based on the rules of the Canasta League of America. So, for example, a pairs hand with wild cards, MUST have Aces AND 7s. Special hands cannot be declared once partner has melded.

Game Names ARE CASE SENSITIVE – so when you are looking for a game know if it uses capital or lower case letters.
The padlock indicates a private game – password required by host.
The Robot indicates the AI takeover is engaged in case a player leaves.
The rank of the Game host
The circle indicates the game is in progress
The Lvl Req indicates the minimum level required to join

First, make sure you are logged in your account on the app.
Then read about disconnects. Note, that people on IPHONES will usually have both Wi-Fi AND Cellular connections. If there is a problem with their Wi-Fi preventing them from getting online on their computer, they often can get online with their phone because the phone has a back up connection through cellular service.

Melds are based on the rules of the Canasta League of America. Remember you need a clean triple, sufficient points, depending on your score, meld options that are still valid (ie. no dead cards) and have a legal discard. If you are picking the pack, there are additional rules. The picked card can not be part of your clean triple or be included in the points needed to meld. 

Chat is ONLY available in LIVE games (ie. not in ACE or Duplicate Canasta). To open, click on the chat icon. The chat bar appears as a dark area to the right of your playing area. To close (or to remove the dark bar) click it again. Please keep chat civil! We do not tolerate profanity or abuse in chat.  See here and scroll down for chat shortcuts.

Yes, you can add up to 3 robots in Live Play.

​This occurs when you don’t PLACE the card in the discard pile. It can’t be “swished” or “thrown” to the pile, rather it must be PLACED. It fits perfectly in the space, please make sure the ARROW, or your FINGER or STYLUS is in the center of the discard pile and it won’t cause a problem.

Repeated quitters may be reported. Please send us a screen shot using the  Contact Form. Multiple offenses may result in removal of experience ranking. We also do not tolerate foul and abusive language in our game titles or chat. Reported users (via screen shot) will be banned from chat for 2 weeks.