Keno’s History
Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the economic adversity and to create income for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with eighty numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to 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 characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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