Winning
Although the "magic number" may vary from tradition to tradition, the standard winning number is 42 (32 in "hawsy"). The first team to reach 42 (or more) points wins. However, to win, a team must reach (or exceed) 42 on offense, meaning that a team with a point total near 42 must win the bid, meet its contract, and exceed 42 points to be considered the winner. This also means that a team with 41 points cannot play defense and, by winning one trick, get 42 and win (in a hand where the contracting side meets its contract). The exception to this rule is when the defensive side "sets" the offense (or contracting side) and, in doing so, meets or exceeds 42 points. It is thus possible that a team will have more than 42 points before the game is over, for only when a team meets its contract and, in doing so, reaches (or exceeds) 42 is it crowned the winner. Other variations of the game do not use a winning number and instead allow players to set a time limit such as one or two hours, at the end of which time the team with the highest point total wins.
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Famous quotes containing the word winning:
“Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions.”
—Joan Didion (b. 1934)
“The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognises neither pity nor pitilessness.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)