The History of Keno
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce income for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally bet on with 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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