Pai Gow is a traditional Chinese game played with 32 Chinese dominoes, also known as tiles. The game's object is to generate two poker hands from the four tiles dealt. The game of Pai Gow at mobile casinos in Congo is played by two players against the dealer. The first step in playing Pai Gow at Congo's mobile casinos is to place bets. After the bets are placed, four tiles are dealt out. Players must create two hands from these four tiles, a low-ranking hand (2 tiles) and a high-ranking hand (2 tiles). The low-ranking hand must be lower than the high-ranking hand.
The low-ranking hand is composed of a pair, or two sequenced tiles with the same suit. The high-ranking hand consists of two tiles with a higher rank or a run (a combination of 3 tiles of the same suit in sequence). Then, the player needs to set the 4 tiles into two separate hands, with the lower-ranked hand composed of two tiles and the higher-ranked hand composed of two tiles.
After the hands have been set, the game's dealer reveals his or her hand. This is when players at Congo's mobile casinos can find out if they have won their bet. To win, the player's higher-ranking hand has to be higher than the dealer's and the lower-ranking hand has to be lower than the dealer's.