Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the economic disaster and to produce income for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally wagered on with eighty numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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