Keno Secrets

Keno’s History

by Sierra on Nov.28, 2019, under Keno

Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a monetary resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick response for the financial calamity and to acquire revenue for his army. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you will hit quite big with very little gaming investment.

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

Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.


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