The background of Keno
Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic adversity and to produce money for his forces. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with just 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is always the hope that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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