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The History of Keno
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to acquire money for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly liked today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of winning are appalling, there is always the chance that you might win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.