Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast response for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his military. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely liked today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out 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 more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing 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 quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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