Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a finance resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce income for his army. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with eighty numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing 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 wagering, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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