The background of Keno
Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno 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 country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the economic disaster and to produce money for his army. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you might hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of 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, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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