Keno

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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic disaster and to produce money for his military. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally bet on with 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries 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’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.