Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which of these popular card games was invented in Uruguay?"
...Canasta was invented in Uruguay in the late 1930s by lawyers Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato. The game was created in Montevideo as a faster and more strategic variation of traditional rummy-style card games. Canasta quickly spread throughout South America before becoming enormously popular in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, especially among celebrities, social clubs, and family card groups across the country. The name “Canasta” comes from the Spanish word for “basket,” referring to a complete meld of seven cards.
