July 5th, 2010 at 11:47 am -
The Mahjong Express provides a gateway to the wonderful world of online Mahjong. This newest edition to the world of online gambling provides an entertaining way of doing a little skilful online gambling without having to play poker or risk it all on the horses. The site looks fresh with a nice red and grey colouring to it that hooks in the attention of the casual guest and a nice one hundred and twenty per cent bonus for new customers is on offer for those daring enough to take up the challenge of this Eastern tile game.
One thing that was disappointing was that there was no explanation of how to actually play the game on the main site, just a short description of the game’s history, did you know that Mahjong is now China’s two hundred and fifty fifth sport?
Software
Moving to the download page to install the new software there seem to be still a few technical glitches with the download links. Although there are separate downloads for Apple Mac and PC the PC link seemed to have some trouble. Whenever the cursor hovered over the link the hand disappeared before it could be hit, which is a shame because with the aesthetically pleasing finish of the site itself and the one hundred and twenty per cent bonus offered to new players Mahjong Express had been doing well. After fiddling around with it for a few minutes the download process began.
Before being able to take a look around the software it is first necessary to register which is, perhaps an unnecessary obstacle to those merely interested in looking around the software, having said that it is unlikely that someone is going to go to the effort of downloading it only to not want to put money in and start playing so it is a minor concern.
The software, irritatingly, only works on a certain screen resolution which is too big for my small netbook screen which is a pain. Havign said that the software is nicely laid out and the game itself is finally explained to the casual arrival who is not familiar with it. The best way to explain what Mahjong is would be to compare it Rummikub the game of tiles and chops and changes. Each player starts off with a number of tiles to play with and keeps picking up a new one and discarding one until he is able to lay down a set. The first player to be rid of all of his pieces declares “Mahjong” and is the winner.
Summary
The game can be played between four people or in a tournament and there is definitely some money to be made here. The site does not lack players and it doesn’t take very long to get a game together which is definitely a bonus and it is certainly refreshing to find an interesting game that one can play online for money that is not called poker!
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