Keno’s History
Wednesday, 30. September 2015
Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his army. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed 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 a law passed that taxed off track betting, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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