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Also, known as ''Ryuukyoku'', the hand ends in a draw, after all the tiles from the wall are drawn, except for the 14 in the ''dead wall''. In this case, player(s) ''tenpai'' receive points from those in ''noten''. A hand in ''tenpai'' is one that needs just one more tile, either by draw (''tsumo'') or discard (''ron'') to win. However, that needed tile was never claimed. Nearly 40% of professional games go to an exhaustive draw due to players immediately dropping out of the race when a player declares ''riichi''.
Also, known as ''Ryuukyoku'', the hand ends in a draw, after all the tiles from the wall are drawn, except for the 14 in the ''dead wall''. In this case, player(s) ''tenpai'' receive points from those in ''noten''. A hand in ''tenpai'' is one that needs just one more tile, either by draw (''tsumo'') or discard (''ron'') to win. However, that needed tile was never claimed. Nearly 40% of professional games go to an exhaustive draw due to players immediately dropping out of the race when a player declares ''riichi''.
Examples of tenpai hands:
* {{#mjt:123p456m888s1155z}}
Examples of noten hands:
* {{#mjt:359p457m113s1277z}}
Point exchanges are as follows:
* 1-player in tenpai: All players in noten pays 1000 points.
* 2-players in tenpai: One player in noten pays 1500 to one player in tenpai. Likewise, the other player in noten pays 1500 points to the other player in tenpai.
* 3-players in tenpai: The one player in noten plays 1000 points to each player in tenpai.
* 4-players in tenpai: No points exchanged.
* 0-players in tenpai: No points exchanged.
No matter what, the total exchange of 3000 points are evenly split between among the ''tenpai'' players from the ''noten'' players. Any leftover ''rīchi'' bets on the table are placed near the counters until collected by the winner of a hand.
If the dealer is not in tenpai, then the dealer indicator moves to the right; and that player becomes the new dealer. If the dealer is in tenpai, then the dealer indicator remains. For both cases, the count for [[Scoring|honba]] increases by 1.


===Tochuu ryuukoku===
===Tochuu ryuukoku===
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