Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast fix for the financial disaster and to create money for his forces. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are terrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet 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 universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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