Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create revenue for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and bet 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 universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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