Vegas Solitaire is Klondike Solitaire played for money. You buy the deck for $52 — a dollar a card — and every card you move to a foundation pays you $5 back. Clear the whole deck and you walk away $208 up; give up halfway and you are simply out of pocket. Play it free online, no download required.
Vegas Solitaire is not a different layout — the board, the seven tableau piles and the four foundations are exactly those of classic Klondike. What changes is the scoring, and with it the whole feel of the game. Every deal costs you $52 up front, so you start each hand in the red and play your way out of it.
The second half of the Vegas rules is the stock. In the standard game you can turn the deck over as often as you like; here you cannot. Drawing one card at a time gives you two passes. Drawing three gives you three. When the passes run out, the stock slot stays empty — whatever is left in the waste is gone for good.
Your balance carries from hand to hand. A won deal adds $208 to it, an abandoned one subtracts whatever you failed to earn back, and that running total is what the counter on the board shows. Starting a new deal means buying a new deck, so walking away from a bad hand is a real decision, not a free reset. To start a fresh streak, switch Vegas scoring off and on again in the settings.
The rules of play are the ordinary Klondike rules. Build the tableau down in alternating colours, move Aces up as they appear, and fill empty columns with Kings. What differs is what you should be thinking about.
If you would rather play without the money, try Klondike Solitaire Turn One for the relaxed version or Klondike Solitaire Turn 3 for the classic challenge. All of them are free, run in the browser, and need no download.
