Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the financial adversity and to produce revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with eighty numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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