Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the economic disaster and to create money for his military. He therefore invented 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 broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America 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 typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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