The background of Keno
Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the economic calamity and to create money for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are terrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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