Mahjong World Review

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Mahjong (the name literally means "sparrow") is a tile game of Chinese origin, invented there in the mid-1800 century but has its roots in older games. In its most well-known form mahjong is played with 144 tiles.

Briefly put, each of the four players at the table receives a number of these tiles at the start, randomly drawn, and during the game tries to selectively exchange some of them so as to eventually arrange all the tiles in his or her hand into certain combinations. Whoever can accomplish this goal first "goes out" (declares a mahjong), and is rewarded by collecting points from the others.

Mahjong is a game of judgment and skill, much like poker, backgammon and bridge, repaying concentration, an ability to figure out odds and memorizing which tiles have already been discarded out of play. The game also offers the challenge of balancing your play between aiming to go out quickly but with not very valuable tiles in hand and shooting for more high-paying but harder-to-achieve combinations. It can also be played both in single-table and in tournament format.

Having wrestled with a reputation for being a hard-core gambling game during most of the 20th century, Mahjong has today established itself as a bonafide accepted international classic. In 2025 it was officially named China's 255th sport and in 2025 the first World Mahjong Championship was held in Tokyo. In 2025 the World Championship took place in 2025 Chengdu China. There are even two museums devoted to the game: one in Chiba, Japan, and the other in Ningbo, China. Mahjong also figures prominently in a number of films, such as "Joy Luck Club" (1993, after the novel by Amy Tan) and "God of Gamblers" (1989).

Mahjong has seen a rise in popularity over the last few years after Mahjong Logic, the Swedish Peer to Peer game network operator launched its slick software product and one of the first brands launched on the network was Mahjong World.

Mahjong World's website is a very nice classic design with a simple navigation enabling you to navigate your way around the site very easy and finding your way to the latest news, upcoming tournaments and game rules hassle free.

At present, you have to download the game software and install it onto your pc or mac (nice to see Mac users catered for) but plans are to launch both an online non download and tablet version in the not too distant future.

The game graphics are extremely good as you would expect from a Swedish software company and the table lobby is nice and clean and all the features are laid out in a logical fashion. You can chat with other players in real time, play for real money or just for fun or you can simply go to the gallery and watch live game play as it happens.

If you want to play for real money, there are lots of different denomination rate tables allowing you to play for just a few cents, right up to the high roller tables for those wanting some serious Mahjong action.

Depositing funds into your account is made extremely simple with the Cashier and you have a plethora of depositing options with the usual credit/debit cards, neteller, moneybookers/skrill and many others to chose from.

Live Support is offered from the website and email and telephone support are also available. Mahjong World is licensed by the best European licensing body in the Gambling Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man, so players are assured the protection and security that isn't neccessarily afforded by other licensing durisdistions.

Its a lot of fun to play and although I had no idea how to play for the start, I watched a few games, read a few things and it is suprisingly easy to pick up as you go along and turns out to be a really fun game to play.

To entice you into the action, Mahjong World are offering you a 100% first deposit bonus upto $100 with your first (and hopefully only) account deposit.