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Keno’s History
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. 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 excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid response for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his army. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with just 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to 10 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 matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ 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 gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.