The background of Keno
Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion 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 betting, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.