Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast response for the financial disaster and to acquire money for his army. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly liked today because of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you will win quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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