How to Play Japanese Three-Player Mahjong

Calculating the Scores and Payments

1. Add up the total value of the yaku.
2. Add 1 point for each dora.
3. Add 2 points to the total.

Then use the following chart to calculate the payout. Track down the score column and then across to the payout section which shows who has to pay whom and how much.

Score	Ron Payment to Ko	Ron Payment to Oya	Tsumo Payment to Ko by losing Ko/Oya	Tsumo Payment to Oya Divide fee 50/50 between the two Ko players.
3	1,000	1,500	300 / 500	1,000
4	2,000	3,000	500 / 1,000	2,000
5	4,000	6,000	1000 / 2,000	4,000
6-7 Mangan	8,000	12,000	2,000 / 4,000	8,000
8-9 Haneman	12,000	18,000	3,000 / 6,000	12,000
10-12 Double Mangan	16,000	24,000	4,000 / 8,000	16,000
13-15 Triple Mangan	24,000	36,000	6,000 / 12,000	24,000
Yakuman	32,000	48,000	8,000 / 16,000	32,000
Double Yakuman	64,000	96,000	16,000 / 32,000	64,000
Triple Yakuman	96,000	144,000	24,000 / 48,000	96,000

The Reckoning

Each player starts the game with 45,000 points in score tallies. However, each player "owes the table" 50,000 points. In other words, each player starts the game needing to increase his position by 5,000 points in order to avoid sustaining a loss.

At the end of the game players add up their score tallies. Any player who has 50,000 points breaks even. Any Player with less than 50,000 points calculates how far below 50,000 his total is and pays the table accordingly. Any player who has more than 50,000 points takes the appropriate amount of tallies from the table. The top player also wins a bonus of 5,000 points per player.

Example

Taro finished the game with 62,000 points in his tray, so he has a surplus of 12,000 points (62,000 - 50,000 = 12,000). At a gambling rate of 50 yen per 1,000 points he will receive 600 yen.

Ken came top with 88,000 points in his tray, so he has a surplus of 38,000 points (88,000 - 50,000 = 38,000). As he is top he wins the bonus 5,000 points-per-player that were owed to the table at the beginning of the game. Thus his total is now 53,000 (38,000 + 3 x 5,000). At a gambling rate of 50 yen per 1,000 points he will receive 2,650 yen.

Note how the totals in each row balance. The total score should always add up to zero.

Two Winners With The Same Number of Points

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