Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the financial calamity and to create money for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly bet on with eighty numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and wager 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 has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State 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 looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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