Pai gow
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| Chinese | 牌九 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | card nine | ||||||||||||
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Pai gow (/paɪ ˈɡaʊ/ py GOW; Chinese: 牌九; pinyin: páijiǔ; Jyutping: paai4 gau2 [pʰaj˩.kɐw˧˥]) is a Chinese gambling game, played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. It is played in major casinos in China (including Macau); the United States (including Boston, Massachusetts; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Connecticut; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Mississippi; and cardrooms in California); Canada (including Edmonton, Alberta and Calgary, Alberta); Australia; and New Zealand.
The name pai gow is sometimes used to refer to a card game called pai gow poker (or "double-hand poker"), which is loosely based on pai gow. The act of playing pai gow is also colloquially known as "eating dog meat".