Keno’s History
Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the economic calamity and to produce income for his army. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept 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, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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