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Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid fix for the economic disaster and to create money for his army. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.