Keno’s History
Friday, 28. April 2017
Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the financial adversity and to create income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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