Keno’s History
Saturday, 13. August 2022
Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the economic adversity and to produce revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly bet on with 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you will win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager 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 US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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