The History of Keno
Friday, 10. May 2019
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid response for the economic disaster and to create revenue for his army. 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, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want 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 end 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 changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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