The History of Keno
Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the economic adversity and to create income for his army. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often bet on with 80 numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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