Keno’s History
Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the financial adversity and to create money for his army. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with just 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. 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 place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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