Keno Information

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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the economic calamity and to acquire money for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 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 roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. 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 come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.