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top news photography Will Adrie bet his money on eMahjong?

ROTTERDAM, March 10th - Some weeks ago, Mahjong Logic, or eMahjong, opened its server where you could play for real money. Adrie van Geffen, correspondent to Mahjong News in the virtual world, logs in, his credit card within reach… Will he really put is money at stake?
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Written by Martin Rep   
Monday, 01 March 2010 12:00

Editor Martin Rep is playing mahjong with transparent tiles.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 18:46
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Zung Jung? What’s that, Zung Jung? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alan Kwan   
Sunday, 24 January 2010 19:01

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.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:06
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Jueteng is not the enemy PDF Print E-mail
Written by Robby Tantingcp   
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 06:38

Robby Tantingco

Roby Tantingco is a columnist for the Philippine Sun.Star. With this contribution, he joins the dispute in his country about jueting, a highly popular illegal numbers game in the Philippines, played by rich and poor people. He thinks mahjong and other gambling games are more dangerous than that.

 

Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 07:44
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The theory of a hand including a Red Five PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kajimoto   
Thursday, 10 September 2009 10:11
Takunori Kajimoto

 

 

In his fourth riichi mahjong column for MahjongNews, Japanese riichi expert Takunori Kajimoto elaborates on Red Fives in a waiting hand. Should you, or should you not, declare riichi?

Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 07:47
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It was twenty years ago today PDF Print E-mail
Written by Martin Rep   
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 08:56
Cover of Sgt. Pepper'sThe latest MahjongNews poll was not the most inspiring: 'Mahjong is played best with plastic / bamboo tiles'. So, not many visitors of MahjongNews filled it in. In the English edition, 20 visitors voted for plastic tiles and 13 for bamboo tiles; in the Dutch edition, these figures were 12 (plastic) and 4 (bamboo). Editor Martin Rep compares the two kinds of mahjong tiles with the old vinyl records of the Beatles with the new ones, which are on sale today.
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 07:48
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Column: Being a good sport is more than just sportsmanship PDF Print E-mail
Written by Benjamin Boas   
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 00:00

Benjamin Boas as featured in a Japanese mahjong manga

Being a good sport is more than just sportsmanship, it can be the key to winning the table.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 07:49
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Skill and luck in Mahjong PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alan Kwan   
Friday, 31 July 2009 09:49

Alan KwanGame players often like to discuss the 'luck vs. skill' issue. Some players prefer games with little or no luck, while some players feel that games without a healthy dose of luck are too 'dry' and boring for them. In a contribution to MahjongNews.Com, mahjong scholar Alan Kwan is going to explore deeper than the surface and discuss in fine details what is really meant by 'skill' and 'luck. Some of the issues apply to gaming in general, not just to mahjong alone.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:47
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