American mahjong
How do you score American mahjong?
How a win is scored in points: the hand's value, the jokerless bonus, and who owes what for a self-pick or a discard.
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The short answer
Each hand has a value printed on the card. That value is the starting point for scoring; the way the hand is won and any eligible jokerless bonus determine the amounts each player owes.
Scoring a win
Start with the value printed beside the winning hand on the card.
A jokerless win doubles that value, except Singles & Pairs hands, whose printed value already includes the bonus.
Won on a tile drawn from the wall: every other player owes the winner double. Won on a discard: the player who discarded it owes double, and the others owe the value once.
If the called discard completes the hand, score a discard win. If a subsequent legal joker exchange completes it, score a self-picked win. A player whose hand is dead still owes.
Practice this in JONGG
Playing with real tiles? Score the game in the app and the tally stays with your table. Points only.