Keno’s History
Monday, 25. March 2024
Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the economic disaster and to acquire money for his army. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely liked today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Gamblers 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 according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance 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 gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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