n a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)
n a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
One million, four hundred thousand Portuguese patacas ($340,000) was the successful bid of a gaming syndicate last week for the 1931 fantan concession at Macao,.
As usual, the men swarmed ashore to jam the smoky teahouses and to try their luck at fantan.
It is almost dark in the gambling house by the bridge, but a fantan game is going on.