Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to produce revenue for his military. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often played with 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada 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 wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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