Keno Secrets

Keno’s History

by Sierra on Apr.01, 2016, under Keno

[ English ]

Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast fix for the economic calamity and to create money for his military. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with eighty numbers in just about all of the US based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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