Hanafuda obsession

Oh it's all coming together...

Found on Mahalo.com and cross-referenced
"The term Yakuza comes from a Japanese card game, Oicho-Kabu (played with hanafuda or kabufuda cards). The worst hand in the game is a set of eight, nine and three. In traditional Japanese forms of counting, these numbers are called Ya, Ku and Sa, thus the origin of the word yakuza. The yakuza took this name because the Ya-Ku-Za hand requires the most skill (at judging opponents, etc.) and, obviously, the best luck in order to win. The name was also used because it signified bad fortune, presumably for anyone who went up against the group."

So basically, I've fallen in love with a game that spawned the worse organized crime in Japan and possibly Asia. Fantastic. Crime at every turn, or flip of the cards.