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Online Mahjong Makes its Way into Online
Community at Facebook
by Lance Kessel Onlinecasinosworld.com
January 22, 2008
Users of the popular online networking community, Facebook,
who have some time to kill while logged in now have the option
of playing online mahjong. Launched by the developers at World
Mahjong Tour Inc., the multiplayer software application is
apparently the first of its kind on Facebook.
One of the most popular games in China and throughout all
of Asia, Mahjong has been getting increased exposure in the
online world over the last couple of years. Considered
somewhat of a Poker for the East, the international game has
been catching on quick with Westerners and young gamers
intrigued by the history and challenges of mahjong. And with
the online gambling industry in full swing as well, there is
no doubt mahjong's presence on the Web will continue to
expand.
WMT Inc. also released a popular Asian game on Facebook,
called Big Two. In conjunction with mahjong, the two games are
now freely available to all 61 million plus Facebook users.
Since much of Facebook's presence is in North America and
Europe, the amount of exposure for World Mahjong Tour is
something of a first for an Asia focused gaming company.
WMT's founders, David Wang and Pierre Wuu, said they are
very excited about the relationship with Facebook and that
they are hoping to bring even more Asian games to the online
community. The two men said they also have other networking
and community sites in mind to host their suite of online
games in the near future. The ease of accessing the games on
Facebook, which can be played for fun or in competitive format
in both Chinese and English, is a good start, and time will
tell just how much the games will catch on.
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