Keno Secrets

Keno’s History

by Sierra on Mar.13, 2020, under Keno

Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the economic disaster and to acquire money for his forces. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is typically wagered on with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out 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 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.


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