Keno’s History
Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing national famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the financial adversity and to produce income for his military. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada 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 place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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