Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the financial disaster and to acquire revenue for his army. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you could hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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