Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the financial disaster and to create income for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of succeeding are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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