The History of Keno
Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the financial disaster and to create money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with just 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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