ZOO

ZOO is a jansou chain operating 25 locations across Japan, with 553 automatic mahjong tables disseminated across the country in their chain. Most jansou allow smoking in their premises, although there are 6 with partial smoking and 4 with no smoking.

ZOO

Country	Japan
Location	25 locations (6PS, 4NS)

ZOO ruleset
Kuitan, atozuke	ari-ari
Starting points	25,000
Ending points (Target)	30,000
Negative score	Bust
Oka (total ante)	20,000
Uma (placement bonus)	unknown
Multiple win cases	2
Call precedence	0.1 s
Renchan setting	Tenpai-renchan
Abortive draws	Most but not four riichi

Locations

This list has been compiled in September 2015.

Number	Prefecture	City	Phone	Tables	Smoking
01	Tokyo	Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Flagship Store	03-3985-7117	32	No
02	Tokyo	Ikebukuro Higashiguchi	03-3983-1808	40	Yes
03	Tokyo	Ikebukuro Sunshine	03-3988-3433	28	PS
04	Tokyo	Kichijouji	0422-22-1788	13	Yes
05	Tokyo	Shibuya Bunkamura-doori	03-3462-4722	28	No
06	Tokyo	Shibuya Basuke-doori	03-3496-4660	13	Yes
07	Tokyo	Shinjuku	03-3351-8836	19	Yes
08	Tokyo	Yasukuni-doori	03-3207-6224	18	Yes
09	Tokyo	Machida	042-727-3663	16	PS
10	Tokyo	Tachikawa	042-524-2032	10	Yes
11	Tokyo	Oomiya Set	048-646-0200	11	Yes
12	Tokyo	Oomiya	048-649-2335	16	PS
13	Saitama	Tokorozawa	04-2939-0200	30	PS
14	.	Kawasaki	044-211-6850	16	Yes
15	.	Yokohama Main	045-324-3488	17	Yes
16	.	Yokohama Non-Smoking	045-323-1717	18	No
17	.	Matsudo	047-366-8855	23	Yes
18	Chiba	Kashiwa	047-146-5501	14	Yes
19	.	Fukuoka Tenjin	092-716-0339	26	Yes
20	.	Ueno	03-3837-2328	36	PS
21	.	Shinjuku Nishiguchi	03-3376-3340	21	Yes
22	.	Shinjuku Nishiguchi Non-Smoking	03-3376-3330	46	No
23	.	Nakano	03-3387-2377	18	Yes
24	.	Kamata	03-3734-7757	12	Yes
25	Osaka	Osaka Shinsaibashi	06-6243-8855	32	PS
Total				553

Rules

Game rules

• Hanchan games: 25,000 out, 30,000 in.
• Mercy rule: 60,000 points stops the game (after any hand).
• Kuitan and atozuke accepted. Furiten riichi, ignoring a ron to go for tsumo accepted.
• Aborts for kyuushu kyuuhai, suufontsu renda, triple ron, four kans.
• No abort for four riichi: game continues.
• Double ron counts, tsumibou go to first in line. (~~)
• Agariyame, tenpaiyame allowed. Even to stop in 2nd or 3rd.
• Pon, chii, kan goes to whoever calls it first. If approximately at same time, ponn/kan takes precedence.
• False pon or chii calls are penalized 1,000 points. False calls cannot be turned into winning calls on the discarded tile. (~~)
• Dealer can continue dealing if tenpai. Tenpai-shaped hands qualify.
• Busting ends the game. Game continues at 0 points. As long as you have 1,000 points, you may riichi.
• Pao (liability) applies to the tile that confirms yakuman. Daisangen, daisuushii, suukantsu will trigger it.
• Pao payment is all for tsumo, half for ron.
• No liability applies to daiminkan. It is treated as tsumo.
• Nagashi mangan applies at the time of drawing a hand. Calling or having a discard called voids it.
• Renhou is treated as worth 8 han.
• 見せ牌、腰牌はありません。ただし、故意でない場合に限ります。

Dead Hand

＊以下の様な行為、発言は、アガリ放棄になり流局時、ノーテン扱いになります。

• 誤ロン・誤ツモで、手牌を倒さなかった場合。（ 1000点罰符 ）
• 牌を倒すフリ等の脅かし行為。
• さらし間違えをして打牌をしてしまった場合。打牌前の場合はさらし直すことが出来ます。
• ウラドラを先に見たり、他人の手牌の覗き見をした場合。
• 多牌、少牌。喰い替え。
• 局の途中、手牌に関する発言をした場合。
• 発声、打牌ともに完了しているリーチの取り消し。ただし、下家の打牌終了前に限ります。

Chombo

The following acts are penalized as mangan chombo payments:

• False ron, false tsumo, dropping the hand.
• Noten riichi, at a drawn hand.
• Calling a kan post-riichi that changes the shape (okurikan) or wait of the hand, upon winning or drawing hand.
• Mid-hand, if it becomes impossible to continue or the wall falls apart.
• Dead hand holders making a call.
• Calling kyuushu kyuuhai by mistake. Otherwise, before calling kyuushu kyuuhai...
• You absolutely must verify your hand before calling kyuushu kyuuhai.

Manners

• Staff can judge if a player is drunk (reeks of booze, red-faced) and refuse to let you play.
• The wall must be moved from the elevator line, and the rinshan tile dropped down.
• Autodealers that build walls may require the dealer to pay attention to draw on the first turn.
• The dealer is asked to discard as soon as the other players have their tiles in hand.
• Sorting the tiles and going out should be the only reason for using two hands. You must not draw with a left hand and discard with a right hand.
• Please discard in lines of six tiles.
• Players who are poor at score calculations must ask for help in advance to other players on the table. Those who know how to calculate the score should tell the hand score for the player who cannot calculate scores.
• After riichi, tiles touching beyond the elevator line cannot be taken back.
• When calling riichi, you must vocalize the call prior to or while discarding.
• Whistling, tongue-flapping, self-babble and shamisen (playing the fiddle) are forbidden.
• 上家が捨てる前に山に手が伸びている、ツモ牌を触ってからのポン・チー・カン・ロンなどの先ヅモは禁止です。また引きヅモ（ ツモの時、卓の縁にカツーンと当てる ）、強打（ 牌を切る時に強く切ること ）もご遠慮下さい。
• When you win your hand please arrange it in an orderly manner.
• When turning over uradora, the winning player must let everyone see clearly.
• When someone else wins, in no circumstance is a player to criticize or boast, so don't do it.
• When paying with point sticks, do not throw them out.
• 必ず相手の手元に取りやすいように置いてください。
• It is forbidden to hide your hand's tiles face down, except if staff asks you to or you have a naked wait (one tile left in hand).
• It is forbidden to place elbows on the table, to raise your knees onto chairs or to sit cross-legged.
• Spectating on a table is forbidden.
• When the store is closing, please respect the call for the last game.
• 極力ゲームが始まる前、遅くても南入する前までにお願いします。
• If you're uncertain about playing more games or quitting, please call for the last game.
• Please do not delay the game for waiting customers.
• 卓内でのトラブル、揉め事に関してはスタッフの裁定に従って下さい。
• Store staff will not specially intervene in mahjong regulations.
• If a substitute deals in, they are not responsible for your loss.

External links

• Official site
• ZOO search results from Jansaku