Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create revenue for his military. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing 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 betting, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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