Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the financial adversity and to create money for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with just 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you could hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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