Patent ID: 7753768

Claim:
A mahjong gaming apparatus with suit variable mahjong tiles comprising a server apparatus having a server; a random number generator being electronically connected to the server and being controlled by the server to randomly generate a suit of a mahjong tile; and multiple player terminal apparatuses being electronically connected to the server and each one of the player terminal apparatuses having an interface accepting inputs and displaying the suit; at least one suit variable mahjong tile being capable of generating lines corresponding to the suit generated by the random number generator, each one of the at least one suit variable mahjong tile having a case being a rectangular case with an opening; and a bar assembly being mounted in the case and having multiple lifting bars being perpendicularly and movably mounted in the case and each having a distal end being selectively located in and being flush with the opening of the case at an initial position; and a connecting end; multiple actuators, each one of the actuators connecting to the connecting end of one of the lifting bars to selectively and slightly retract a corresponded lifting bar into the case or to selectively push the lifting bar back; and a control unit being electronically connected to the actuators, controlling the actuators to retract or to push the lifting bars to form lines corresponding to the suit; and a player terminal being electronically connected to the server, the interface and the at least one suit variable mahjong tile, receiving the suit from the server apparatus to control the at least one suit variable mahjong tile to change the lines and reading inputs from the interface.