Gambling Games

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Poker, Mahjong, Pai Gow, Blackjack, Craps, Two-up, Baccarat, Keno, Faro, Hazard, Basset, Blind Hookey, Teen Patti, Primero, Dou Di Zhu, Caribbean stud poker, Three card poker, Three card brag, Monte Bank, Dreidel, Commerce, Gilet, Trente et Quarante, Panguingue, Dead pool, Spoof, Quinze, Texas Shootout, Casino war, Acey Deucey, Fan-Tan, Handgame, Slahal, Four card poker, Crown and Anchor, Fafi, Bouillotte, Brelan, Poo bum dickie, Kvitlech, Betting pool, Skilo, Sigma Derby, Oicho-Kabu, Biribi, Gl ckshaus, Matka gambling, Cockroach racing, Le Her, Stuss. Excerpt: Mahjong (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: m ji ng), sometimes spelled Mah Jongg, is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in Korea and Japan). The four player table version should not be confused with the popular Western single player (tile matching) computer game (Mahjong solitaire), which is a recent invention and completely different from the table game. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance. In Asia, mahjong is also popularly played as a gambling game (though it may just as easily be played recreationally). The game is played with a set of 136 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations use a different number of tiles. In most variations, each player begins by receiving thirteen tiles. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the fourteenth drawn tile to form four groups (melds) and a pair (head). There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, stolen from another player (melded), the use of basic (numbered tiles) and honours (winds and dragons), the kinds of melds, and the order of dealing...

Gambling Games
By:"Source Wikipedia","LLC Books"
Published on 2011-08-14 by Books LLC, Wiki Series

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Ebook Title : Gambling Games

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ISBN_13 Code : 9781156478738

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Rank : 19 for keyword gambling games

Book Author :"Source Wikipedia","LLC Books"

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