Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to produce money for his army. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often played with 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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