The Mississippi Gulf Coast Mahjong Classic

Mahjong Money is real money that can be used August 21st–23rd at participating businesses in Pass Christian to shop, dine, and enjoy local establishments. Think of it as a fun community discount designed to help you experience everything our town has to offer!

Here’s how it works:

• If your bill is $50 and you use $25 in Mahjong Money, you only pay the remaining $25.
• If you grab a coffee for $5 and use your Mahjong Money, your coffee is covered and you’ll still have $20 left to use later.

Mahjong Money can be used throughout the event weekend at participating local businesses, making it a great way to explore, support local shops and restaurants, and enjoy your time in town.

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Interested in adding the Tournament Strategy Course?
During online registration, under “Additional Items,” add the Tournament Strategy Course by changing the quantity number to 1. The Stratefy Course is an additonal $50 fee.

• East is first dealer (The East position for each table will be assigned.)
• All players take their own tiles during the deal
• Players can only look at tiles once all tiles have been dealt.
• The East position rotates to the right after the first game, but the initial East fulfills the duties of table captain as noted above.

• The first Charleston of three (3) passes is required. The second Charleston is optional. It only takes one player to stop the second Charleston once the first Charleston is completed.
• Please be mindful of not passing ahead to avoid confusion at the table.
• If any player has racked his/her tiles on the second left, the entire second Charleston must be completed.
• If doing a blind pass (first left and second right), you may NOT look at that tile(s).

• Your turn begins when you pick a tile or call a tile for an exposure. Do not place your hand on the next tile until the player before you has discarded.
• A hand with a ‘C’ is concealed. You may not call for exposures unless it is the final tile for your mahjong.
• A joker exchange may only be done on your turn. You must draw a tile from the wall first then ask to start the exchange. Never touch someone else’s tiles when exchanging and do NOT let the tiles touch the table. Exchange tiles hand to hand.
• If a player calls “Mahjong” in error and catches their mistake immediately (before showing more exposures or any other players start showing tiles) game continues without penalty.
• When you win, expose tiles in the order they are written on the card.
• If a player wins, do not show your tiles until their win is confirmed accurate. Wait to show your tiles in case the ‘winner’ is incorrect. If that player is incorrect, the game continues with 3 players and that player’s hand is dead.  

• A player may call the most recent discard until the next player racks their picked tile OR their picked tile is discarded and touches the table.
• You may say “call, wait, or I want that” to call a tile, and you may change your mind about taking it as long as you haven’t touched it. “Hold” or “pause” may be used before you verbalize  a call, but if another player calls for the time during the hold or pause, the player that called first gets the tile for the exposure.
• If you call a tile for an exposure or Mahjong, you can change your mind only if you have NOT touched the discarded tile. If touched, then it must be used for an exposure.
• If two players call at the same time, the tile goes to the next player in the rotation unless the other player can Mahjong.
• A called tile must be used in an exposure if picked up or touched by a caller. If you call a tile for Mahjong or for an exposure, the called tile must be placed on the top flat part of your rack first then follow with the remaining tiles in the segment.
• A player may change the number of tiles exposed in a Pung or Kong, etc until they have discarded. 

• A mis-named tile cannot be called for an exposure. If you start to expose tiles based on what you hear, rather than what you see, your hand will be called “dead.”
• A tile cannot be claimed until correctly named.

•  A hand is considered dead if the player has too many or too few tiles, incorrect exposures or calls mahjong in error.
• If a player makes a joker exchange before he/she draws and racks or calls and exposes, player’s hand is dead.
• If a player exposes tiles while playing a concealed hand, the hand is dead.
• If a player picks out of turn, picks from the wrong wall, picks from the wrong end of the wall or discards a tile before picking, the hand is dead
• If a hand is dead, jokers in exposures before the hand was declared dead are still up for exchanges.
• If your own hand is dead, you do not need to tell table.
• If a player’s exposures tell you a specific hand is being played, the hand may be called ‘dead’ if all the needed tiles to complete a single or pair are shown on the table as discards or in another player’s exposure(s).
• If a player calls Mahjong in error and shows tiles, that player is dead. Play continues with the remaining players.

• The player who declares Mahjong gets the value of the hand shown on the 2026 NMJL card.
• An additional 10 points (+10) if the player picks their own tile from the wall for Mahjong or uses the picked tile for a joker exchange and calls Mahjong.
• An additional 10 points (+10) if the player who wins Mahjong has a Joker-less hand*

• Each player receives 10 points for a wall game.
• If a player’s hand is declared dead during a wall game, that player receives 0 (zero) points for the game and the other players receive 10 points for the wall game.
• If Time is up before the game is finished, each player gets 0 (zero) points for that game.
• Any dead hand scores 0 (zero) points.
• Penalty: Minus 10 points (-10) to a player who throws the winning tile for Mahjong to a hand with 1 exposure.
• Penalty: Minus 20 points (-20) to a player who throws the winning tile for Mahjong to a hand with 2 exposures.
• Penalty: Minus 25 points (-25) to a player who throws the winning tile for Mahjong to a hand with 3 exposures.