I won my first-ever mahjong round on Tuesday morning (Nov. 12) at the Butterfield Library in Cold Spring under the patient ...

In this new era, the traditional mah-jongg tile game has undergone a stunning transformation and gained widespread acceptance as a competitive sport under the M.League tag. It's a far cry from ...

In the U.S., the American version has been played with 152 rectangular tiles since 1937, when the National Mah-Jongg League was formed and codified the rules for the game. Introduced to Americans ...

Mah-jongg is growing in popularity among young people, thanks to the M.League, which bills the game as an intellectual sport. Imposing a no-gambling policy, the professional league was founded in ...

Two, three or — usually — four players take turns drawing and returning the tiles, trying to put together one of numerous hands determined by the National Mah Jongg League, the arbiters of the ...