The American game includes 152 tiles, adding joker tiles and an annual card from the National Mahjong League (NMJL) that sets ...

"The National Mahjong League, which was started in New York, actually gives proceeds back to the Alzheimer's Association because research has been done showing that if you play Mahjong, it helps ...

Mahjong has been referred to as the "quintessence of Chinese culture" An apparent police ban on all mahjong parlours in a Chinese city led to panic among aficionados of China's national pastime.

Stay-at-home lifestyles have further eroded the rough image of mah-jongg as a game played all night by crude characters in smoke-filled gambling dens. Families and friends of all ages are now ...