Hong Kong Old Style Penalties & Errors

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Penalties

Erroneous Mahjong

• If an erroneous mahjong is called the offender pays each player 4 fan worth

Wrong Tile Count

• A player with more than 13 or fewer than 13 tiles forfeits the right to win the current hand. The number of tiles remains uncorrected.

Miss Win

• Should a player fail to declare a winning tile, he cannot claim any identical discarded tile until his next draw.

Insurance Penalties

• Big Three Dragons — If Player A discards a dragon tile, which completes Player B's winning hand and the third dragon pung needed for Big Three Dragons, Player A pays two times the full value for himself and the other two players. Prior to this, Player B must have two melded dragon pungs.

• Big Four Winds — If Player A discards a wind tile, which completes Player B's winning hand and the fourth wind pung needed for Big Four Winds, Player A pays two times the full value for himself and the other two players. Prior to this, Player B must have three melded wind pungs.

• All Honors — If Player A discards an honor tile, which completes Player B's winning hand and the fourth honor pung needed for All Honors, Player A pays two times the full value for himself and the other two players. Prior to this, Player B must have three melded honor pungs.

• All Terminals — If Player A discards a terminal tile, which completes Player B's winning hand and the fourth terminal pung needed for All Honors, Player A pays two times the full value for himself and the other two players. Prior to this, Player B must have three melded terminal pungs.

• Full Flush — If Player A discards a matching suit tile, which completes Player B's winning hand and the fourth set needed for Full Flush, Player A pays two times the full value for himself and the other two players. Prior to this, Player B must have three melded sets of the same suit.

In the case of All Honors, All Terminals or Full Flush as described above, if Player A discards the tile completes the fourth set but is not the winning tile

• If Player B draws the winning tile, Player A pays the full value for himself and all other players. (This totals to three times the full score).
• If Player A subsequently discards the winning tile (i.e. the single wait), Player A pays for himself and all other players. (This totals to two times the full score).
• If Player C discards the winning tile, Player A and C pay the winner the value of the full score each.

If a Player A has no choice but to discard a risky tile (i.e. Player B and C show three melded sets in one suit), he will not be penalized in payment to all other players.

• Five Remaining Tiles - If there are five drawable tiles left and Player A discards a winning tile that has never been revealed or discarded before. Player A pays the value for himself and all other players.

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