Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the financial calamity and to create money for his army. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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