Keno Secrets

The background of Keno

by Sierra on May.04, 2019, under Keno

Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. 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 needed to develop a quick response for the economic calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often wagered on with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets 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 letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.


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