pai gow
Noun
Meaning
pai gow (uncountable)
A Chinese gambling game played with dominoes.
Examples
Fortune Pai Gow is another variation which allows players to make a side bet on a poker hand ranking of trips or better.
Relation to Pai Gow The partition game of Pai Gow borrows most of its tile ranking from the pairings in Playing Heaven and Nine.
However, the ranking of combination tiles is slightly different in Pai Gow and Tien Gow.
In double-tile tricks, there is a new ranking order similar to Pai Gow.
Pai Gow Mania was the first variation to be created which allows for two side bets instead of the traditional one side bet per hand.
Variants There are a number of variations of Pai Gow poker that are popular in casinos today.