Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to create money for his military. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of winning are terrible, there is always the hope that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble 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 grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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