Each player begins with an equal number of gelt (10-15 is a good amount). Any number of people can play.
To start the game, every player puts one gelt into the center “pot”.
Each player takes turns spinning the dreidel:
If נ (nun): the player does nothing.
If ג (gimel): the player gets everything in the pot.
If ה (hei): the player gets half of the gelt in the pot, rounding up.
If ש (shin): the player adds one of their gelt to the pot
If the pot is ever empty or there is only one gelt in the pot then every player puts one gelt into the pot.
If a player runs out of gelt then they are out of the game.