Is playing mahjong a good entertainment? Introduction Mahjong is a traditional Chinese game that requires skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck in order to defeat your opponents. It is a good leisure for people relieving boredom and gathering with friends. However, Mahjong is also popularly played as gambling which may lead to plenty of issues. Therefore, playing mahjong has always been a debate among people. The aim of this paper is to discuss the pros & cons of playing Mahjong in order to figure out whether playing mahjong is a good entertainment or not.
About Mahjong Mahjong is a popular game for four players that originated in China. The name of “Mahjong” was based Though sometimes it’s played just for fun, mahjong is mostly used for gambling. Once people learned the rules of this game and start playing, they often get addicted to it. Some people even became problem gamblers because of playing mahjong. They just can’t control themselves to stop playing and bet more than what they can afford, then eventually cause economic problem. Some problem gamblers might take the road of delinquency because of losing lots of money. They take risk to steal, rob or kidnap or commit any unlawful crimes in order to have money for gambling again.
In addition to the above, addiction in playing mahjong might create family issue as well. If the husband or wife spends too much time on playing mahjong, they may have less time to take care of their family. So that could lead to dissatisfaction with each other, resulting in disputes; Children will thus easily go astray because of lack of care and loss of family warmth. Some people are even worse by putting their family into financial hardship if they are the breadwinner of the family due to the losing by playing mahjong. Over time, this inevitably leads to serious problem toward their family.
Conclusion Mahjong indeed is a very good entertainment where we can well train our brains because it is a game of strategy, skills, calculation and a certain degree of chance but it must only be played as a family-friendly social activity where good relationships are built and added to that the killing
