Keno’s History
Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a monetary resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the financial disaster and to acquire revenue for his military. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is always the hope that you might win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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