Keno’s History
Thursday, 22. July 2021
Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized 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 facing national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his forces. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the chance that you might hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted 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 a law passed that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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