Click for life demos on www.youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0bZEGG8c8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efzzSoHbKno
US Patent: 7389989
Casino Card Game Having Mahjong Attributes
Issued 6/24/2008
Mahjong Poker
A Registered Trademark
(aka. MahjongPoker)
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Beyond Texas Holdem!
Beyond Blackjack!
A REVOLUTIONARY NEW GAME IS COMING TO TOWN!!!
If you play poker, you know this game already.
It's easier than Texas Holdem
If you don't play poker, it takes 10 min or less to learn.
Where East Meets West
"Mahjong" is generally defined as "a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with tiles resembling dominoes and bearing various designs, which are drawn and discarded until one player wins with a hand of four combinations of three tiles each and a pair of matching tiles." "Poker," on the other hand, is a traditional European and American card game that has been called "the national card game of the United States, and its play and jargon permeate American culture. Although countless variants of poker exist, they all share certain essential features. A poker hand comprises five cards. The value of the hand is in inverse proportion to its mathematical frequency; that is, the more unusual the combination of cards, the higher the hand ranks." Poker is almost always played with the standard 52-card deck, the playing cards in each of the four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) ranking A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.".
For general Mahjong information, please click here:
http://www.chinamajiang.com/ssxx20.html
Mahjong Poker (MJP) games do not comprise a Chinese tile game or an American card game using a 52-card deck. MJP cards include an 82 card deck with no reference or relation to the suits or rankings of traditional decks used in poker. "Mahjong Poker" suggests that the games might be related to a Mahjong-related card game or a poker-related Mahjong game.
Beyond Poker!
Beyond Blackjack!
Why Mahjong-type games?
· It’s a fun game.
· Asian market is large.
· There are many Asians, and many of them like to gamble).
· Many Asians are familiar with Mahjong.
· In the next 10 years, the new generation of Chinese will emerge as casino guests.
· Many Asians are not familiar with, or are intimidated by, poker.
· Casinos are constantly looking for new games to attract / develop players.
· Blackjack and its variations have saturated.
Why NOT Mahjong itself as a casino game?
· Too many tiles (144 pieces).
· Too time consuming to play.
· Hard for casinos to manage.
· Other than commissions, how could casinos profit?
· It’s really a family game.
· Too complicated for “westerners".
Why Mahjong Poker?
· Exciting and fun to play for Asians as well as westerners.
· Simpler to manage.
· Only 82 cards, not 144 like traditional mahjong.
· Easy to modify all peripheral devices and equipment used by 52-poker poker cards.
· Easy for both Asians and westerners to learn (less than 3 minutes for a person that knows traditional Mahjong).
· Same type of table layout as existing table games.
· Uses many of the well-known rules of Texas Hold’em and pai-gow poker.
· Good odds for casinos, as proven by thorough computer simulations.
Mahjong Poker is a new and exciting game. It's where East meets West and how Mahjong and Poker Integrate.
It is Two Funs in One!!!
As we always say:
If you play poker, you know this game already.
It's easier than Texas Holdem.
If you don't play poker, it takes 3 min or less to learn.