Japanese mahjong scoring rules

Japanese mahjong scoring rules

Point exchange

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===Point exchange===
===Point exchange===
Players receive or pay points called ''nō-ten bappu'' (ノー聴罰符; ''fu'' of penalty for ''nōten'') in the following way when a hand ends in an exhaustive draw:
Players receive or pay points called ''nō-ten bappu'' (ノー聴罰符; ''fu'' of penalty for ''nōten'') in the following way when a hand ends in an exhaustive draw:
* (1) one player is in a state of ''tenpai'', the player gets 1,000 points from each of the other three players and receives total of 3,000.
# One player is in a state of ''tenpai'', the player gets 1,000 points from each of the other three players and receives total of 3,000.
* (2) two players are ''tenpai'', they get 1,500 each and the other two players pay 1,500 each.
# Two players are ''tenpai'', they get 1,500 each and the other two players pay 1,500 each.
* (3) three players are ''tenpai'', they get 1,000 each and the other player pays 3,000.
# Three players are ''tenpai'', they get 1,000 each and the other player pays 3,000.
* (4) the players are all ''tenpai'' or all ''nōten'', no payment is made.
# The players are all ''tenpai'' or all ''nōten'', no payment is made.


In most rules when a dealer's hand is ''nōten'', the dealer changes and the game wind may change. But if it's the last hand of the last round, in some rules, a game does not end if the dealer declares ''nōten''.Wikipedia contributors, [http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%BA%BB%E9%9B%80%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB&oldid=36496081 "麻雀のルール,"] ''[[Japanese Wikipedia|Wikipedia: Japanese language version]]'', February 23, 2011, 20:37 UTC, retrieved June 15, 2011.
In most rules when a dealer's hand is ''nōten'', the dealer changes and the game wind may change. But if it's the last hand of the last round, in some rules, a game does not end if the dealer declares ''nōten''.Wikipedia contributors, [http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%BA%BB%E9%9B%80%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB&oldid=36496081 "麻雀のルール,"] ''[[Japanese Wikipedia|Wikipedia: Japanese language version]]'', February 23, 2011, 20:37 UTC, retrieved June 15, 2011.