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The background of Keno
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his military. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with eighty numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you might win quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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