Pai Gow is a Chinese game of tiles that is thousands of years old, and is one of the oldest forms of gambling. The name literally translates as “to make nine”. The game is played with 32 tiles, 11 of which are identical pairs. The remaining tiles are made up of five mixed pairs.

The aim of the game is to make two ranking hands using four tiles. Two tiles are used in each hand, which are known as the high hand and the low hand.


A Few Hints For Setting Your Hand

Always look for pairs first and do not forget that the mixed pairs or “Gee Jun” do not look exactly the same.

Play a “Teen” or “Day” with any domino 7, 8 or 9 - making a High Nine, a Gong or a Wong.

Combine two small dominoes together to form a total of 7, 8 or 9 points.

If none of the above can be found, balance the totals by making the point value as close as possible.
 

Easy To Understand. Fun to Play.

• The game of Pai Gow is played with a set of 32 dominoes (tiles). The tiles are shuffled by the dealer and placed in eight stacks of four each.

• Three dice are shaken and the total points shall determine which hand will receive the first stack of tiles. Four tiles are dealt to each hand.

• The objective of the game is to make two ranking hands known as the Low Hand and the High Hand.

• In order to win, the player’s ranking in both hands must be higher than the Banker’s hand. If the player wins one hand and loses the other, the hand is a standoff or push hand (neither the player nor the Banker wins or loses).

• If the Banker and player have the same ranking hand, the Banker wins. If the player and Banker have zero, Banker wins regardless of ranking.

• The “Gee Jun” (3 and 6) are the two “Wild Tiles”, either tile may count as THREE or SIX depending on which is more beneficial to the hand.

• The House hand is always set in accordance with “House Way”.

• All winning hands are paid even money less 5% commission collected by the House.