The cards are then shuffled and cut, and the dealer deals seven cards face up in a horizontal row along the top of the layout to mark out the course as shown in the diagram. The dealer extracts the four aces from the deck and places them in a column. The players will also need chips or money for betting. One standard 52-card pack without jokers is used. Roland Scheicher has suggested an alternative version of the game, Calcutta Horse Race, in which the horses are auctioned to the players at the start of each race and the owners of the first and second placed horses share the pool. In the traditional version of the game the dealer sets the odds, takes the players' bets and pays those who bet on the winner. At the start of the race players bet on the outcome. The horses are represented by the four Aces that race along the course according to the suits of cards turned by the dealer. This is a gambling game for three or more players.
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