Pai gow

Pai gow is a Chinese <a href="/facts/Gambling/Hgw4a9DH">gambling</a> <a href="/facts/Game/JNzato20">game</a>, played with a set of 32 <a href="/facts/Chinese_dominoes/Hv58HBE0">Chinese dominoes</a>. It is played in major casinos in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> (including <a href="/facts/Macau/KEm5w6xH">Macau</a>); the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> (including <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, Massachusetts; <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>; <a href="/facts/Reno,_Nevada/Vvwy80oF">Reno, Nevada</a>; <a href="/facts/Connecticut/LeDhYdJG">Connecticut</a>; <a href="/facts/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey/qFbBT6Ek">Atlantic City, New Jersey</a>; <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a>; <a href="/facts/Mississippi/7KwuWxxT">Mississippi</a>; and <a href="/facts/Cardroom/E6sSqn6R">cardrooms</a> in <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>); <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a> (including <a href="/facts/Edmonton,_Alberta/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton, Alberta</a> and <a href="/facts/Calgary,_Alberta/DrFtRbEH">Calgary, Alberta</a>); <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>; and <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>.
The name pai gow is sometimes used to refer to a <a href="/facts/Card_game/KznKpTyD">card game</a> called <a href="/facts/Pai_gow_poker/HHNStSkp">pai gow poker</a> (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".

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