Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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