The History of Keno
Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the financial calamity and to produce revenue for his forces. He thusly invented the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with just 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of winning are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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