page_title: Fan-Tan
hierarchical_section_title: Fan-Tan
caption_attribution_description: Game of Fan Tan at the Han Chin Pet Soo Museum in Ipoh, Malaysia
context_page_description: Fan-Tan, or fantan is a form of a gambling game long played in China. It is a game of pure chance which has similarities to roulette.
  The game is played by placing two handfuls of beans or other objects on a board, and - after players have cast bets on values of 1 through 4 - repeatedly removing four beans from the board until only one, two, three or four beans remain, determining the winner.
context_section_description: Fan-Tan, or fantan (simplified Chinese: 番摊; traditional Chinese: 番攤; pinyin: fāntān, literally "repeated divisions") is a form of a gambling game long played in China. It is a game of pure chance which has similarities to roulette.
  The game is played by placing two handfuls of beans or other objects on a board, and - after players have cast bets on values of 1 through 4 - repeatedly removing four beans from the board until only one, two, three or four beans remain, determining the winner.
caption: Board and components for Fan-Tan
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