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Keno’s History
Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the financial calamity and to acquire money for his forces. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Players of Keno can choose 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 wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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