In 1900, bridge was banned by millions of conservative American families. PIT , introduced in 1904, involved money-making and trading to corner the markets on various gains. It had, and still has, the excitement of a regular card game, but the individual cards depicting grains with point values avoid any gambling connections. Parker Bros. took this off the shelves a couple of years ago. Beware of the Bear and take your chances with the Bull.
PIT is great frenzied fun.
Comes with a classic silver bell, for those of us who grew up with the 1970's edition of the game.