Gambling games

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Gambling games are mostly or entirely based on luck. Casino games also count as gambling games.

List of Gambling games[edit]

This is a list of free/libre gambling games:



Game Screenshot Last Release Genres Description
Mah-Jong Mah-Jong - 11.png 2020-06-26 Gambling
Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong - 11.png
GenreGambling
Latest release1.16  (Announcement)
Release dateJune 26th, 2020
DeveloperJulian Bradfield
Code licenseGPLv2
P. languageC
Homepagehttps://mahjong.julianbradfield.org/
Contribute
Mah-Jong is a free game. This means that the source code and media files are available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
Openlogo-debianV2.svg Debian: mah-jong 
Fedora logo.svg Fedora: mj  
Daemon-phk.svg FreeBSD: mahjong

Mah-Jong is a client‐server set of programs for playing Mah-Jong written in the C programming language by Julian Bradfield, in the Chinese Classical style, against other users (locally or over a network), against programmed players, or both.

Though the game is licensed under the GPL, the author requests that any derived works respect the protocol definition, and that incompatible modifications are not distributed under the same name.

PokerTH Pokerth.png 2017-09-01 Cards, Gambling
PokerTH
Pokerth.png
PokerTH
GenreCards, Gambling
Latest release1.1.2  (Announcement)
Release dateSeptember 1st, 2017
PlatformWindows, GNU/Linux, macOS, Android
Code licenseAGPLv3
P. languageC++
LibrarySDL
Homepagehttp://www.pokerth.net/
Contribute
PokerTH is a free game. This means that the source code and media files are available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
Arch Linux "Crystal" icon.svg AUR: pokerth 
Openlogo-debianV2.svg Debian: pokerth 
Fedora logo.svg Fedora: pokerth  
Daemon-phk.svg FreeBSD: pokerth 
Gentoo Linux logo matte.svg Gentoo: games-board/pokerth 
Mageia logo small.jpg Mageia: pokerth 
Slackware logo.svg Slackware: pokerth 
Snapcraft-logo.svg Snapcraft: pokerth 
OpenSUSE Logo.svg openSUSE: pokerth 
UbuntuCoF.svg Ubuntu: pokerth

PokerTH is a Texas Hold 'Em Poker card game with network support, translations, and many other features. It is licensed under the AGPL.[1] It used the SDL library.[2]

Riichi Advanced RiichiAdvancedTitleImageSmall.png 2026-02-10 Board games, Gambling games
Riichi Advanced
RiichiAdvancedTitleImageSmall.png
GenreBoard games, Gambling games
Latest releasev1.3.3
Release date2026-02-10
PlatformWeb
DeveloperDani (EpicOrange)
Code licenseAGPLv3[3]
Media licenseAGPLv3[3]
P. languagesElixir, JSON, jq
Homepagehttps://riichiadvanced.com/
Contribute
Riichi Advanced is a free game. This means that the source code and media files are available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Riichi Advanced is an online mahjong[4] client. It supports many mahjong variants and house rules, and allows players to write their own code for their own mahjong variant and play it live.

British Bingo British Bingo.jpg 2024-05-18 Board game, Gambling
British Bingo
British Bingo.jpg
British Bingo
GenresBoard game, Gambling
Latest release1.53  (Announcement)
Release dateMay 18th, 2024
PlatformsWindows, GNU/Linux, macOS, Web
DeveloperBert Beckwith
Code licenseGPL v3
Media licenseGPL v3
P. languageJavaScript
Homepagehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/britbingo/
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British Bingo is a free game. This means that the source code and media files are available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

British Bingo is a 90-ball bingo game with 3 by 9 boards. The computer simulates your opponents who act like elderly people, e. g. by making mistakes and chatting. The number of players and the speed of the game is configurable.[5]

British Bingo is written in JavaScript and runs in a web browser. It does not require a webserver but can be started from a downloaded .html file.

There is no source code repository, but the source code is available for download.

  1. PokerTH's copyright file at Debian Packages
  2. PokerTH's installation page
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://github.com/EpicOrange/riichi_advanced/blob/main/LICENSE
  4. Note: "mahjong" here refers to the 4-player game in the rummy family, not the solitaire pair-matching game.
  5. http://sourceforge.net/projects/britbingo/