Keno’s History
Saturday, 5. January 2019
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick fix for the financial adversity and to produce money for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with eighty numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will hit quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada 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 are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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