Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the financial adversity and to produce income for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with eighty numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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