Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his army. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with eighty numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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