2019: The Year of Mahjong in the USA

The 2018 blockbuster film, Crazy Rich Asians, can be credited with the latest resurgence in the classic tile game, once the purview of retired senior citizens in Boca Raton. Brought to the US about 1920, the game has gone through cycles of popularity. But thanks to the film and the Instagram’s of Julia Roberts and Sarah Jessica Parker, who both recently took up the game, it is trending again!