The Gambling Games of the Chinese in America: Fán T'án: the Game of Repeatedly Spreading Out. And Pák Kòp Piú Or, the Game of White Pigeon Ticket |
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acters they gain agents AMERICA.¹ Archæology buying called the t'an cashier pays characters they gain Chéung léung China Chinese gamblers CHINESE IN AMERICA Chinese laborers Chung companies in Philadelphia counters custom Died B. C. dynasty eighty characters expressly for gambling fifteen per cent five mace fún gain five gain ten taels gamblers in American GAMBLING GAMES gambling houses gambling-house keepers Han Dynasty Hong Kong Kwan Tí lay his stakes lays his money lottery Lün Í T'ong mái ching t'au mái kok marked number of characters number played numbers are sold numbers is opened paid pák kòp piú pay prizes period A. D. Philology play fán tán player lays playing cards red card Repeatedly Spreading shang shrine t'án ťán tán kún tán table ten numbers Thousand Character Classic ts'éung kwan p'ai Ts'in tsz UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA usually wager white paper tablet White Pigeon Ticket winning numbers word shü York City