Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the financial adversity and to acquire money for his army. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you will hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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