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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¹It acters they gain agents Archæology buying called the t'án cashier pays characters they gain Chéung léung China Chinese gamblers CHINESE IN AMERICA.¹ Chinese laborers ching tau companies in Philadelphia counters custom Died B. C. dynasty eighty characters expressly for gambling fán tán fifteen per cent five mace fún t'án gain five gain ten taels gamblers in American GAMBLING GAMES gambling houses gambling-house keepers Han Dynasty kau lí Kwan Tí lay his stakes lays his money lottery mái fán marked mới number of characters number played numbers are sold numbers is opened opened the player paid pák kòp piú pay prizes period A. D. play fán player lays playing cards red card shang shrine STANFORD T'ái t'án kún T'ong ten numbers Thousand Character Classic ts'éung kwan p'ai Ts'in tsz ts'oi UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA usually wager white paper tablet White Pigeon Ticket winning numbers word shü York City