Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the financial adversity and to create income for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with just 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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