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 cashier pays characters they gain Chéung léung China Chinese coins Chinese gamblers CHINESE IN AMERICA 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 table gain five gain ten taels gamblers in American GAMBLING GAMES gambling houses gambling-house keepers Han Dynasty Hong Kong 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 paid pák kòp piú pay prizes period A. D. Philology player lays playing cards playing fún red card Repeatedly Spreading shang shrine t'án kún T'ong ťán ten numbers Thousand Character ts'éung kwan p'ai Ts'ín Ts'in tsz ts'oi UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA usually wager white paper tablet White Pigeon Ticket winning numbers word shü York City