Keno’s History
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to produce income for his army. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you will win quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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