The background of Keno
Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the economic calamity and to create revenue for his military. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often bet on with just 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you might win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble 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 grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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