FanTan

I-fan-tan, noma i-fantan (isiShayina esenziwe lula:; isiShayina sendabuko:; I-Pinyin: I-FNTN, ukwahlukana okuphindaphindwayo) kuyindlela yokwenza umdlalo wokugembula odlalwa isikhathi eside eChina. Inokufana ne-roulette. Kodwa-ke, kwakuwukudla okuthandwa yi-Chinese eMelika. UJacob Riis, encwadini yakhe edumile mayelana nokungaphansi kweNew York, ukuthi enye ingxenye ihlala kanjani (1890), yabhala kanjani ukungena eChinatown Fan-tan parlor: Ekuweni kokuqala kwezinyawo zesikhumba ezinqunyelwe izinyathelo , neqembu lamakhulu asezulwini, ligcwele umdlalo wabo we-fan tan, yeka ukudlala futhi ubuke i-comer ngokubukeka okubi. I-Fan Tan yintshisekelo yabo ebusayo. Amadolobha owayekade eyikhomishini yamaphoyisa uJesse B. I-Cook yabhala ukuthi ngo-1889 iChinatown yayinemidlalo engama-50 yabalandeli, nokuthi ku-fan tan yokugembula izindlu amatafula abelwe ukusuka koyedwa kuya ku-24, ngokosayizi wegumbi. amakhasino. Ithebula izinkinobho ezimbalwa ezimbalwa, ubuhlalu, izinhlamvu zemali, ubhontshisi omisiwe, noma izihloko ezifanayo, amboza isitsha sensimbi, noma abadlali. Isikwele esithwala inombolo ekhethiwe. Abadlali bangabheja emakhoneni, ngokwesibonelo phakathi kwe-cha. 2 no-Cha. 3. Lapho konke ukubheja kufakwa, isitsha sisusiwe, noma i-tan kun, noma i-croupier, isebenzisa induku encane yokuqamba ukuze ususe izinkinobho kunqwaba, ezine ngasikhathi, kuze kube yilapho i-batch yokugcina ifinyelelwa. Uma iqukethe izinkinobho ezine, okusekelayo kwe-cha. I-4 iwina; Uma abathathu, emuva kwe-cha. Ama-3 awina; Uma amabili, angemuva kaNo. I-2 iwina futhi uma umuntu ongemuva we-cha. 1 win.