Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the economic adversity and to acquire money for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with 80 numbers in just about all of the US land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the hope that you might hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.