American Mahjong
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Mahjong 101
Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in China during the Qing dynasty and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in Japan, South Koreaand Southeast Asia). The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have become popular in Western countries too. The game has also been adapted into a widespread online entertainment.[1][2][3][4] Similar to the Western card game rummy, Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance. The game is played with a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese charactersand symbols, although some regional variations may omit some tiles or add unique tiles.…
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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!
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Mahjong Creates Order Out of Chaos
The concept of Mahjong is to create order out of chaos based on random drawing of tiles… That’s deep. Sort of like life. Sort of like every day we try to make a little bit of order out of the chaos of life just with our random acts of hopefully wisdom and kindness. Mahjong is not a drinking game. Julia Roberts on The Late Show – 5 December 2018
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Sarah Jessica Parker Gushes about Mahjong
One of the latest celebrities to publicly adore Mahjong is Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker. As a fashion icon and influencer, her praise and enthusiasm for the game will introduce it to a whole new generation!
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Julia Roberts Loves Mahjong
It’s game time at the Roberts house! Julia Roberts shared a photo on Instagram of her playing mahjong with niece Emma Roberts on Monday. “She won,” the Pretty Woman star, 50, captioned the shot. The Scream Queens actress, 27, commented “Hehe,” along with three heart eyes Emoji, and then posted the selfie on her own account with the caption: “guess who won?” Both ladies sported soft smiles and sunglasses as they played the tile-based game outside. More from People Magazine.
