Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his military. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally gambled on with eighty numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are appalling, there is always the chance that you might win quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed 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 place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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