The History of Keno
Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the financial calamity and to create money for his army. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select 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 matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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