Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick fix for the financial adversity and to produce money for his military. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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