Keno’s History
Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the financial disaster and to create income for his military. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.