Keno’s History

Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his army. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally bet on with eighty numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will win quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.

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