The History of Keno

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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick response for the economic adversity and to acquire revenue for his military. He, as it follows developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally gambled on with eighty numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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