Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America 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 wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion 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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