The background of Keno
Wednesday, 3. February 2016
Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic adversity and to create income for his army. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often bet on with eighty numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling 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 are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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