No. The game is called rummy. any person who discards with rummy on the board the person who calls it gets the points. the person who is after the player who discarded the rummy then goes. it is just...
This is a popular 2-person card game. I think the vast majority of people who play it play for money. The rules can be found at http://boardgames.about.com/od/rummy/a/gin_rummy.htm