The background of Keno
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to produce income for his forces. He thusly invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you will win quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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