Keno’s History
by Abel on Friday, June 29th, 2018
Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast response for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his military. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often bet on with 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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