Canasta Download - Version 1.0 Play free online Canasta. Canasta is matching card game in which the object is to create melds of cards of the same rank and then go out by playing or discarding all the cards in your hand. Games.com online Canasta is a four player game. You have the option of playing multiplayer or single player Canasta. Canasta (Spanish for "basket") is a card game originating in Uruguay, in which players attempt to make melds of 7 cards of the same rank, and "go out" by playing all cards in their hand and discarding. Canasta is commonly played by four players in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards, but many Canasta variations exist for 2-3 and 6-player canasta games or teams. This version of Canasta is widespread, especially in the United States, and it was the official tournament version used by the American Canasta Association. American Canasta can be found in few books. One notable exception is Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games, where the author claims to have invented a game which he calls International Canasta. Most of the elements of Modern American