I love this app and hate it at the same time. It’s truly Las Vegas. First they reduced payouts and reduced free chips. Second, the app purposely makes you lose. I recently tracked my gaming after buying $40 worth of gems/chips. I am a good gin player and in real life, I usually win. On this app, the house stacks it against you, especially if you buy chips. They want you to lose to buy more. In 20 consecutive rounds, I wasn’t given one single meld. Meanwhile, my opponents went down with gin after one or two cards selected. This is intentional to make me lose. If i don’t play for a few days, the game gives me a win, followed by 3-4 losses. My winning percentage says 51%, but that is inaccurate. They set you up to win one, lose 4 or more. If you bet a lot of chips, you’re doomed to lose them. If this app doesn’t improve soon, I’m deleting it for good and looking for another. Make it fair please! I have sat next to my son playing with him and seeing his hands and it’s laughable. He never plays and isn’t a good gin player and his hands are guaranteed to give him a big gin or wipe me out immediately. I mean every single card he draws does into his hand. This isn’t luck. It’s computer generated intentional winning to make a loyal player lose.

Pros: looks lovely, easy to navigate, not a harsh, tacky cartoon vibe that so many other games have. Cons: with the newest update this week (nov 2023), they increased the buy in for games and reduced the payout. This is a huge blow to users considering everyone has commented on the need for more fair pay outs. This was a poor move by developers. In addition, they reduced the free chip amount. Two days ago I got 860 free chips every 4 hours- tonight it’s 500. My rank/level has not changed. Developers, do you honestly think we wouldn’t notice? I’ve never reviewed an app before but this annoyed me enough to pop over hear and call it out. You have the ability to improve this while still making money from paid features and ads, so please do it. Functionality: please update the user dashboard when we are in a game. As I play, I want to be able to view my chips, my xp level, and which game mode and table I’m in. It’s frustrating to not have easy access to that while playing, and only be able to view that in between sessions. You could add that dashboard to the header of the table while we’re in game mode. (Similar to the Rummikub game).

The UI for the game looks fantastic. Unfortunately, they turned an enjoyable card game into a money grabbing concept. I just want to play Gin Rummy and have a nice user experience. However, this game follows the greedy tactics of many modern mobile games and centers everything around purchasing items to facilitate your advancement. They made it extremely difficult to advance without spending real money on chips and gems. Not only that, every time you open the game you’re faced with a purchase option, like the “Grand Pack”, the “Expert Pack”, and the “Master Pack”. In addition, the skill is taken out of the game and you will continually lose games to drain your chips, so you’ll be forced to purchase more chips. You can’t play the game without chips and they make it a priority to take chips away, by making you lose. Opponents will gin after two or three draws. Meanwhile, you never get the cards you need. It’s a frustrating cycle.