Keno’s History
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the economic calamity and to acquire revenue for his army. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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