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 metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the financial calamity and to create money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally bet on with eighty numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.


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