Working out the Players’ Scores
Settling Up
Doubling for East Wind and the Limit
An Alternative Method of Paying
Paying the Winner
Everyone pays the winner (i.e. the player who went Mah-Jong ) one unit of money (traditionally using tallies) for each point scored. If the winner is East Wind then the number of points is doubled. If someone else is the winner then only East Wind pays double.
Paying the Other Players
Work out the difference in scores between each player.
The three people then settle by paying one unit of money for each point of difference between them, except East Wind who pays or receives double the difference.
Doubling for East Wind and the Limit
If East Wind wins then everyone pays him double his score. If another player wins then East Wind pays or receives double the difference between his score and that of the other players.
This rule holds even when the prevailing wind changes from East to South.
In every case, the doubling is not affected by the limit. So it is possible that players may have to pay out more than 1,000 points in a settlement (conceivably up to 2,000 points).
Being East Wind is therefore both an opportunity and a risk !
Example Payments
Everyone pays East Wind double his score.
The others pay the difference between their scores.
East Wind pays West Wind double his score.
East Wind pays North Wind double the difference between their scores.
South Wind pays East Wind double the difference between their scores.
An Alternative Method of Paying
There’s another way of exchanging payments which is, perhaps, simpler. There’s no change to the payments made to the player who goes Mah-Jong. He is, again, paid first (by all the others) and then takes no further part in the payment process. East Wind again pays or receives double.
Each of the remaining players then receives (from the other remaining players) one unit of money for each point scored. However, if one of the players is East Wind , he pays and receives double that amount.
The example payments (shown above) have been reworked to show what happens. It doesn’t affect the final balances.
Everyone pays East Wind double his score.
The others pay the scores made.
East Wind pays everyone double their score.
South Wind and North Wind pay East Wind double his score and then pay each other.
West Wind doesn’t pay anything.
