16 Facts About Mahjong

Mahjong or mah-jongg is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.

Similar to the Western card game rummy, Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and luck.

Mahjong sets originating from the United States, Japan or Southeast Asia will likely have extra tiles or specialized markings.

Mahjong playing surfaces are typically square and small enough to be within arm's length of all equipment.

The following year saw the first annual China Mahjong Championship, held in Hainan; the next two annual tournaments were held in Hong Kong and Beijing.

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In 2005, the first Open European Mahjong Championship was held in the Netherlands, with 108 players.

The first Online European Mahjong Championship was held on the Mahjong Time server in 2007, with 64 players, and the winner was Juliani Leo, from the U S, and the Best European Player was Gerda van Oorschot, from the Netherlands.

Mahjong is based on draw-and-discard card games that were popular in 18th and 19th century China, some of which are still popular today.

Mahjong did not explain the dialect of the originator or region specific etymology of this information.

Mahjong became a central part of cultural bonding for Chinese Americans in the 1920s and '30s in Chinatown, Manhattan and was part of community building for suburban American Jewish women in the 1940s and 50s.

Mahjong's rules simplified the game to make it easier for Americans to take up, and his version was common through the Mahjong fad of the 1920s.

Mahjong serves as a minor plot point in the 2016 American science fiction film Arrival where General Shang uses the game to interact with the aliens.

Mahjong culture is still deeply ingrained in the Chinese community.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to develop Mahjong-playing agents using neural networks and reinforcement learning.

Mahjong was adapted into several puzzle video games such as Mahjong Trails, listed as one of the top-grossing games on Facebook.

Mahjong tiles were added to the Unicode Standard in April, 2008 with the release of version 5.