Card games are excellent sources of entertainment and time pass. This is the reason that they have made their way from just clubs and casinos to everyone's personal computers, smartphones and even television sets.

Card games require lesser graphics and can make do with little processing power, making them perfect for smartphones that are constricted of processing speed. Personal computers come installed with card games such as Hearts, Solitaire and Spades, giving hobbyists a chance to indulge in card games alone or against another player.

Increasing popularity of smartphones and tablets is also pushing developers to create new card games for these handheld devices. Creating card based games for these devices has also become very simple, with operating system creators providing all the resources necessary to create games and other applications. It is also a great way to earn by creating and selling card games based applications.

Smartphones and tablets also allow Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity to connect with other smartphones and tablets and play the same single player games in multiplayer mode. Many new interesting combinations of games have been introduced in smartphones and tablets that combine both classic card games and puzzles into one game. There are many more unique combination possibilities that can merge the lines between two or more different genre of games. It is also possible to play online card games from one's smartphone or tablet using the inbuilt powerful browsers.