Keno’s History
by Abel on Sunday, September 27th, 2015
Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the economic disaster and to produce money for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally wagered on with eighty numbers in just about all of the US based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you will hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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