Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the economic calamity and to produce money for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
Tags:
Please leave a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.