fantan

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Noun1.fantan - 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)
gambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling
2.fantan - a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevensfantan - 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
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
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Explaining how the feature would operate, Mr Oaipetla Fantan, the digital manager at the bank, outlined that for a minimum P12 monthly service free, clients would receive two gigabytes free wifi, and be able to open an account with them and transact a total of 70 services online, including bill payments, mobile money, funds transfers both domestically and internationally, ATM card activation, blocking and replacing cards among others.
A studio that Bloomberg News recently toured in Makati City spanned roughly 400 square meters, with tables for games such as baccarat, Dragon Tiger and Fantan. Dealers - mostly young Filipino women wearing snug halter-neck dresses - staffed each table.
Fantan is a Chinese gambling game in which the players bet on the number of counters, often buttons, that will remain after a hidden pile of counters has been divided by four.
The JH-7 is a domestically produced tandem-seat fighter/bomber, developed as a replacement for obsolete Q-5 Fantan light attack aircraft and H-5 Beagle bombers.
People in desperate need of aid may flee from humanitarian flights if they cannot distinguish them from government military aircraft.[end] * Small Arms Survey, November 2010 Russian Mi-17 and Mi-32 helicopter gunships, Sukhoi and MiG-29 fighter jets, and Chinese-made A-5 'Fantan' jets have all been sighted in Darfur, as well as white Antonov 26 transport aircraft used as crude bombers.
Analisando a situacao atual no Sudao, pais que possuia antes da independencia do Sudao do Sul a quinta reserva de petroleo do continente Africano (Flounders, 2006), pode-se apontar que o governo da China esteve envolvido no treinamento de pilotos do jato Fantan, de fabricacao Chinesa (Andersson, 2008), alem da venda de outros equipamentos militares, o que representou uma violacao ao embargo imposto pelo Conselho de Seguranca da ONU em 30 de Julho de 2004 / a Resolucao 1556 (UNSC, 2004).
DUDUG.HAHAO (Solomon Is.) 1 2 - 1 2 PROPR.IETIE, SICSI.BAMBA (Peru) (see Sequential Words) 1 - 2 1 2 PYOPO.IESIS (web2) 12-LETTER WORDS (45) 1 2 1 2 - - MUMURI.CHCHAN (Sri Lanka), NINILV.AYAYEM (Russia) 1 2 - 1 2 - BAMBAD.OUGOUS (2 places called Bambadougou in Ivory Coast and Guinea) - 1 2 - 1 2 FANTAN.BOUGOU (Malta).
"Our attitude was that we didn't care what the programmes looked like as long as they were effective," said Tsetsele Fantan, formally Debswana's director of HIV/Aids impact management and now employed by ACHAP.
The Qiang 5, known in the West as the 'Fantan' or A-5, has been China's low altitude attack aircraft since its first successful flights in 1965, according to Jane's.
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