The History of Keno
Sunday, 2. July 2017
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the financial adversity and to create revenue for his forces. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally bet on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you will hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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