The background of Keno
Thursday, 7. February 2019
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the economic adversity and to create income for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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