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'''Ryuukyoku''' {{kana|流局}}, or '''exhaustive draw''', is a way of ending a hand. It occurs when [[haiyama|all the tiles]] (excluding those in the [[dead wall]]) have been drawn, and no player manages to produce a winning hand. After the player with the [[haitei|last tile]] draw makes a discard, if no one claims a win, then the hand simply ends in "exhaustive draw".  

After an exhaustive draw, points are exchanged based on the number of players with a [[tenpai]] hand vs those who are in noten (not tenpai). Players in tenpai reveal their hands and receive points from those in noten. Players in noten may choose to reveal their hands, but it is not required, and does not impact scoring. When playing with physical tiles, a player in tenpai may (intentionally or not) declare noten, losing out on points. Afterwards, the [[honba]] count is increased by 1.

[[Jikaze|Wind seating]] may or may not rotate, depending on the [[oya|dealer's]] hand and the given [[rule variations#Agariyame|ruleset]]. Under many rules: if the dealer is in tenpai, then the wind seating remains the same. If the dealer is noten, the winds rotate. However, in some [[rule variations#Agariyame|rule variations]], the winds rotate even if the dealer is in tenpai.

 

While the term "ryuukyoku" is usually used to refer to an exhaustive draw in Japanese, on occasion this may be ambiguous, as the term technically refers to any draw (cf. [[tochuu ryuukoku]], {{kana|途中流局}}). When ambiguity occurs, it may be referred to as '''tsuujou no ryuukyoku''' {{kana|通常の流局}}, which translates roughly as "usual kind of draw".