Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the economic calamity and to create money for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with 80 numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly liked today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ 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 betting, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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