Keno’s History
by Abel on Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast fix for the economic disaster and to produce revenue for his army. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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