Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid response for the economic adversity and to create revenue for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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