Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to acquire money for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed 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 levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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