Keno Secrets

Keno’s History

by Sierra on Apr.15, 2016, under Keno

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Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his military. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with eighty numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with very little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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