The background of Keno
Wednesday, 9. November 2016
Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the economic calamity and to create revenue for his army. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and bet 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 end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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