Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic calamity and to create income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble 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 grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing 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 taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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