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Mahjong & Traditional Games

Historical lineage and technical variations of Mahjong, tile wagering, traditional East Asian dice games, and centuries-old table gaming pastimes.

Documented Research Monographs 3 Publications
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The History of Mahjong Gambling in East Asia
Mahjong & Traditional Games

Mahjong Gambling in East Asia

Nineteenth-century origins of Mahjong in Ningbo, commercial club emergence, underground table wagering, and its spread throughout Japan and Southeast Asia.

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Mahjong Rules and Regional Variations
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Regional Mahjong Rules and Variants

Systematic comparison between Classical Chinese Mahjong, Japanese Riichi, Hong Kong Old Style, and Taiwanese 16-tile rulesets and scoring logic.

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Traditional Games of Chance Across Asia
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Asian Games of Chance

Survey of ancestral Asian wagering games including Fan-Tan, Sic Bo, Pai Gow, and card-based betting traditions from the Pearl River Delta to the Mekong basin.

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