The World Series Of Mahjong (Chinese:世界麻将大赛) is played to determine the World Champion in the board game Mahjong. Both men and women are eligible to contest this title, and the championship holds Individual event and it set up the total prize of 1 million US dollars. The competition takes tournament system for 3 days. The players must pay 5,000 UDS for entry and must proof that they are at least the age of 21.
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The World Series Of Mahjong (WSOM) was established by World Mahjong Ltd.(WML) in 2007. Chunglai Hui, a designer from Hong Kong, won the first tournament[1]. In 2008, Kwokhung Ho (Alex Ho), the executive of AIA Insurance from Hong Kong, won the tournament[2].
In 2010, WML promoted WSOM after 2 years' silence.
Given the various rule sets among the different versions of mahjong, a unified version was adopted for this series while maintaining the idea of "rules simplicity and ease of learning, international fairness, and game playability (competition of skill)." [3]
There is a tax of 5 percent on the prize.
| Ranking | Sum(USD) |
|---|---|
| Winner[4] | 500,000 |
| 2 | 150,000 |
| 3 | 80,000 |
| 4 | 50,000 |
| 5 - 8 | 15,000 |
| 9 - 16 | 10,000 |
| 17 - 32 | 5,000 |
| Total | 1,000,000 |
The names are ordered as Given name and Surname.
| No. | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chunglai Hui | Laifun Lau | Chiehling Yu |
| 2 | Kwokhung Ho(Alex Ho) | Kamwing Tong | Honam Lam |
| Date | Competition | Place | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 15–18, 2007 | 2007 World Series Of Mahjong | Rua Cidade de Sintra, Nape, Macau | Wynn Macau |
| September 18–21, 2008 | 2008 World Series Of Mahjong | Rua Cidade de Sintra, Nape, Macau | Wynn Macau |
| August 19–22, 2010 | 2010 World Series Of Mahjong | Cotai Strip, Cotai, Macau | Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel |
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