Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the financial adversity and to produce revenue for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is always the possibility that you might win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers 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 changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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