Keno’s History
Tuesday, 15. December 2015
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the financial disaster and to acquire money for his forces. 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, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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