Recently it has been converted so as to be played on the Internet. The Internet service commenced on February 1, 2001. Playing MahKing is quite simple. To begin, a player simply choose his option and start. Then he just plays on like a real mahjong game.
Computer does all the mixing, picking up and lining up tiles, and then counts faans when one wins.
However, players should concentrate heavily on the game, otherwise he shall easily lose. A full game consists of four quarters and a quarter is changed after finishing at least four rounds. Please refer to following self-explaining figures. Human Player Human being can hardly achieve a 9-Daan skill. Since the tiles are mixed randomly, a player who has exceptionaly good initial hands by fortune may win that round.