Keno’s History
Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his military. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in just about all of the US land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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