Keno

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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing national 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 acquire income for his forces. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally bet on with 80 numbers in just about all of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are terrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.