Kiu kiu Kiu kiu Kiu kiu or qiu qiu is a form of dominoes popular in Indonesia related to pai gow. It may also be referred to as '99 domino poker'. It is played using a set of (28) double-six dominoes, which in Indonesia typically take the form of small cards, which are discarded after a few games as they show signs of wear. Players are typically required to pay a fixed ante into a pot, and are then dealt three domino cards. After evaluating their cards each player in turn may either bet (if there is no previous bettor), call (if
Chinese dominoes to 14th centuries have survived. Unlike most modern tiles they are white with black and red pips. During the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), the suits known as "Chinese" and "barbarian" were renamed to "civil" and "military" respectively to avoid offending the ruling Manchus. Tiles with blank ends, like those found in Western "double-six" dominoes, once existed during the 17th century. These games employed two sets of "double-six" tiles. It is possible that these were the types of dominoes that made it to Europe the following century. Each tile pattern in the Chinese domino set is made up of the outcome of