The background of Keno
Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the financial adversity and to produce money for his army. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you might hit quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing 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 betting, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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