Binokel it developed into the similar game of Pinochle. Binokel is also played in Switzerland. Binokel belongs to the family of melding and trick-taking games. Unlike others in the family, special card combinations (family, 4 of a kind, etc.) score additional points. After the deal, there is an auction to bid for the "dabb" (stack of undealt cards c.f. Skat) or "tapp". Players bid depending on the card points they expect to score from taking tricks and making melds. The team with the highest bid has to win the game, i.e. score more points in tricks and melds than they bid.
International Skat Court Until 1978 the German Skat Court had a three-member panel; from 1978 to 1990 it had five members and from the Reunification of Germany in 1990, seven members. From 1963 to 1990, East Germany had the Altenburg Skat Court. Today the Internationale Skat Court has nine members of which seven are chosen from the German Skat Congress and two by ISPA. The president of the court from 2002 until 2014 was Peter Luczak. His successors is Hans Braun. In cases of dispute over the rules of Skat the participants may appeal to the Skat Court who, after hearing the case,