Keno Secrets

The History of Keno

by Sierra on Jun.16, 2018, under Keno

Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid response for the economic calamity and to produce revenue for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in just about all of American based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.


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