The History of Keno
by Abel on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the economic adversity and to create income for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the possibility that you will hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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