Those who are not well-versed in the rules of mah-jongg can receive careful instructions from knowledgeable staff workers who are assigned there, one to each table. Mah-jongg jargon was heard exch ...

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 ...

Images of smoky late night mah-jongg dens packed with gamblers slamming down tiles with noisy abandon are best left to the movies. At the Matsumi-Gakuen free school in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture ...

And the participants are not actors, but Long Islanders of all ages and backgrounds, finding their way to — or back to — one of the most iconic parlor games of the last century: mah-jongg.