Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the economic disaster and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally played with 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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