MOORESVILLE u2013 At first glance, mahjong, the uber-popular Chinese tile-based game, seems complicated and intimidating. But with a little patience, you can master the once-high-stakes gambling game and impress u2013 or make u2013 friends. It’s believed the game emerged in Chinese gambling dens in the 1850s, called Ma Que (meaning u201csparrowu201d). In the 1920s, an American expatriate began exporting sets to the U.S. and patented the name u201cMah-Jongg,u201d creating an English rulebook and adding Western numbers and letters to the tiles. The game became a huge hit in 1920s America. Popularity waned after a time, but now the game, often <a href="https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/?post_type=oht_article&p=259253">[…]</a>