Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to produce revenue for his army. He therefore designed 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 larger locations to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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