fantan in English
noun
1
a Chinese gambling game in which players try to guess the remainder after the banker has divided a number of hidden objects into four groups.
In the old days the alley resounded to the click of mah-jongg tiles and fan-tan , a gambling game from which it derives its name.
2
a card game in which players build on sequences of sevens.
A key rule in Fan Tan is that each player must play if they can. Breaking or even simply forgetting this rule can ruin the game.
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