The History of Keno
Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the economic adversity and to acquire revenue for his army. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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