Uma allocation when points are tied?

[Barticle]

Under the Euro Mahjong Association rules, uma points are applied at the end of each game as follows: 1st +9000, 2nd + 3000, 3rd -3000 and 4th -9000.

The rules also say that any players tied on points receive/pay the average of their uma, so for example two players tied for first/second get +6000 each.

I´m playing Reach on the minigame in Yakuza 2 (PS2 game) where there´s a big uma - +25k/0/-10k/-15k - and I´d been wondering if this followed the EMA rules in the event of a tie.

One game I played last wkend ended as follows (I was South ...in my defence I was experimenting and not playing my best!!).

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North  32400  got +26000 (1st place uma plus a leftover riichi stake)
South  24700  got 0
 East  24700  got -10000
 West  17200  got -15000

So basically South and East were tied and yet South (me!) got the 2nd place uma and East got third.

Now I´m not going to argue with this decision ;) but I just wondered if any rule might´ve influenced this outcome?

[HotelFSR]

In this case the game uses a common rule which is that in case of a tie, the turn order decides who comes out on top.

[Barticle]

Okay, thanks. So this is like the rule that, if two players declare ron on the same discard, then the winner is the one nearest to the discarder´s right, i.e. the one that would´ve had their next turn sooner.

In this case the count must´ve started with me since otherwise E preceeds S in the play order. So was it because I made the final discard in the hand, or East made the final discard and I was the first player to their right?

[Benjamin]

As Hotel said, whoever was East first in a game gets priority on ties, then South, then West. In a way this makes sense, since being the last to be East is a slight advantage (and a big one if you\'re allowed to quit on a win).

[Barticle]

As Hotel said, whoever was East first in a game gets priority on ties, then South, then West.

Ohhh! The order in which they were East, gotcha!

I thought it was the order of play during the final hand.

Thanks!