Pai Gow Tiles

Pai Gow is an ancient Chinese game played with a set of 32 domino type tiles.

• The tiles are shuffled by the dealer and placed in 8 stacks of 4 each.
• A dice cup is shaken for the sole purpose of determining which player is dealt the first stack of tiles.
• Up to eight players are dealt one stack (4 tiles).
• The object of the game is to set the tiles into two pairs for the best ranking combinations.
• A player may either win by beating the "Player/Dealer" with both of his pairs of tiles, lose by having both sets of his tiles lose to the Player/Dealer, or "push" by beating the Player/Dealer with one set of tiles and losing with the other set. When a push occurs, no money changes hands.
• The Player/Dealer position is rotated counterclockwise among the players - that is, each player has the opportunity to deal against other players.
• The Player/Dealer position cannot win or lose more than the original wager. There is no obligation to cover any other bets. The house does not participate in the actual play of the game and has no interest in the outcome of the play.

The House does not participate in the actual play of the game and has no interest in the outcome of play.

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