Keno’s History
Monday, 16. June 2025
Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the financial adversity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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