Scoring Sticks
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| Scoring sticks |
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Scoring Sticks (counting sticks, betting sticks, bones, tallies, counters, tenbo [点棒]) like chips, are used to keep score. Sticks have different number of spots which correspond to different denominations. Chinese sets contain at least 116 sticks; Western 84; Japanese 68.
| Japanese Denominations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Value | Dots |
| 4 | 10,000 | 5 red, 2 black |
| 8 | 5,000 | 5 red |
| 16 | 1,000 | 1 red |
| 40 | 100 | 8 black |
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