Keno’s History
Wednesday, 15. February 2017
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast response for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his army. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally gambled on with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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