Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to acquire money for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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