Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his army. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ 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 adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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