The PartyPot blog covers game night strategy, rules and scoring guides for poker, Mahjong, Big Two, Ban Luck and other card and board games, plus tutorials on using PartyPot as a free digital banker and virtual ledger. Last updated: April 2026.
Tips, updates, and insights for better gaming sessions
How the money works at bunco night: how much to collect, the standard prize structure (most buncos, most wins, most losses, booby, traveling prize), and a worked 12-player example that nets to zero.
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Every hand on the NMJL card has a money value — and the table rules decide who pays double. How American mahjong money play works: quarters, payouts, the jokerless bonus, and the $5 pie that keeps it friendly.
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Mahjong clubs are the fastest-growing game-night trend in America. The practical playbook for starting one: variant choice, equipment, cadence, house rules, and how to handle the money without arguments.
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Mahjong has two directions running at once: players take turns counterclockwise, but tiles leave the wall clockwise. Here is how the dice choose which wall to break, how to deal the blocks, and whose turn comes next — for Hong Kong, Singapore and Riichi tables.
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The most-asked question every host gets, answered with real numbers: buy-in math from the blinds, how many rebuys to bring, tournament budgets, and the bank the host should prepare.
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A league turns an occasional game into a standing tradition. How to structure the season, score points by finish, handle nightly pots vs. the season pool, and keep the standings from collapsing by game five.
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Mahjong has no official stakes — every table sets its own. Here are the ranges social players actually use: the $5 American pie, per-fan rates for Hong Kong and Singapore tables, riichi conversion, and how much to bring.
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Nobody brings cash to poker night anymore — and payment apps make terrible scorekeepers. The three workflows groups actually use, why only one survives a real table, and the settlement etiquette that keeps friendships intact.
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May 2026's PartyPot update brings player lifetime stats, a six-axis Poker Radar Chart, cosmetic items, smoother Poker and Mahjong flows, and a poker host-transfer option. Here's what shipped and how to find each feature in the app.
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