The background of Keno
by Abel on Monday, August 17th, 2009
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast fix for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often bet on with eighty numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering 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 are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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