Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the financial calamity and to create money for his military. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally bet on with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will win quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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