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Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic disaster and to produce money for his army. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
September 13th, 2015
Maya
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