Online Gamer Guy wrote:
> I find that the key to winning mahjong is to just keep practicing.

The key to winning mahjong is to play MAHJONG not TILE MATCHING GAMES.

Please read the rec.games.mahjong FAQ.

Many computer games that purport to be Mah-Jongg are actually not 
Mah-Jongg but rather solitaire tile-matching games inspired by Shanghai, 
Activision's award-winning series of tile-matching games. If solitaire 
tile-matching is what you want, then see FAQ 12.


(from the FAQ) : " The Charter for the English-language mahjong 
newsgroup (news:rec.games.mahjong) states that the purpose of the 
newsgroup is to provide a forum for the discussion of MAHJONG. The 
charter expressly and rightly declares: "Note that Mahjong is NOT the 
solitaire game also known as Shanghai." The reason the Charter refers 
specifically to Shanghai, rather than any other similar game, is that 
Shanghai is the original computer solitaire tile-matching game; the one 
that popularized the game. Activision made the first version of Shanghai 
in 1986. Starting in 1991, for 9 years, my main specialty at Activision 
was to make new versions of Shanghai every few years. With the release 
of Shanghai: Dynasty in 1997, true mah-jongg was added to the Shanghai 
mix. "Shanghai" was and is Activision's trademarked name for the 
solitaire tile-matching game played with mah-jongg tiles. Other 
trademarked names for the same type of game are "Taipei" and "Kyodai." 
Just about every other programmer who creates a solitaire tile-matching 
game tends to call it "mah-jongg"... even though that is erroneous."