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Subscription fee for WMC 2010: €222 |
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 22:16 |
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 UTRECHT - The subscription fee to the World Mahjong Championship 2010 will be 222 euros (304 USD). This was made public today at IJsselstein (near Utrecht), during the general assemblee of the Dutch Mahjong Association, the organizer of the championship.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 07 February 2010 14:30 |
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Japan #2 Country with the Most Gambling Machines |
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Written by Staff
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Friday, 05 February 2010 07:19 |
TOKYO - Japanese gambling laws are quite prohibitive and only permit the following gambling methods: sports betting on horse racing, bicycle racing, motorbike racing and motorboat racing; the lottery, mahjong, pachinko and the new pachislo. A poll was taken recently of the countries with the highest total number of gambling machines in the world. Out of the globe’s gambling Mecca’s, Japan came up in spot number 2.
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Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 08:02 |
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Zung Jung? What’s that, Zung Jung? |
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Written by Alan Kwan
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Sunday, 24 January 2010 19:01 |
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HONG KONG/MACAU - Last week, the World Series of Mahjong (WSoM) 2010 in Macau was announced. A large mahjong tournament, where a million US dollars can be won. During this competition, the Zung Jung mahjong rules will be used. But what are Zung Jung rules? An explanation by the man, who invented them: mahjong scholar Alan Kwan from Hong Kong. More about Alan Kwan
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 January 2010 14:08 |
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Written by Jenn Barr, ReachMahjong.Com
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 20:48 |
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 MACAU - On January 20, 2010, World Mahjong Limited and The Venetian Macao announced the third annual World Series of Mahjong, to take place from August 19-22, 2010 at the fabulous Venetian resort in Macau.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 09:05 |
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In the Silver Set, now the Flower Tiles are there |
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Written by Martin Rep
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Friday, 05 February 2010 08:03 |
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 AMSTERDAM - Dutch silver smith Janny Schoonhoven has set another major step in finishing her mahjong set of massive silver. Recently, she completed the series of eight Flower and Season tiles. She plans to have the complete set ready timely before the World Mahjong Championship, which will take place in the Netherlands, coming Summer.
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Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 17:28 |
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German ‘Bube’ stays ahead of Dutch competition |
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Written by Staff
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Saturday, 30 January 2010 22:08 |
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 DORTMUND - He is the hope and pride of mahjong playing Germany: young Kilian Stöckemann. Two years ago, at Edewecht, his father Richard was the first German winner of a MERS tournament. Today, at Dortmund, the sixteen year old ‘Bube’ (the kid) was the only German in the top five of the Dortmund MCR Open. The numbers 2~5 were all for Dutch players.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 February 2010 10:47 |
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World’s First ‘Washizu Tournament’ in the Dutch Polder |
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 11:28 |
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 ARNHEM - Mahjong News is organizing the first Washizu Riichi Mahjong Tournament in the world. In this tournament, mahjong sets with transparent and non-transparent tiles will be used. It is inspired by the Japanese manga ‘Akagi’.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 11:56 |
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This is a book for beginners in the game of ‘reach mahjong’ - which is, according to the subtitle of her book, and also of her web site, ‘the only way to play’. So Jenn Barr, an American in Tokyo, takes you by the hand and leads you into the wonderful world of riichi mahjong.
