Keno’s History
Friday, 10. May 2019
Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick response for the economic calamity and to produce revenue for his military. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws 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 are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
Posted in Keno by Reed