Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the economic adversity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos 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’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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