Keno’s History

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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to create income for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. 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 taxed off track betting, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.

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