Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the financial disaster and to produce revenue for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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