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Keno is played at modern casinos, it is a lottery-like or bingo-like gambling game. A circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 ping pong-like balls which determine the balldraw result is used in the game of keno. Numbers from 1 to 80 are imprinted on each ball. During the balldraw, a blower pushes air into the bubble and mixes the balls. A "caller" presses a lever opening a tube, where the balls lift one at a time into a "V" shaped tube called the "rabbit ears". Each of 20 balls drawn are recorded by the caller and a "verifier" and all wagers based on the numbers drawn are calculated by the computerized keno system.
Players mark an "X" over the "spot" choices on a blank keno ticket form containing numbers from 1 to 80. After all players successfully place their wagers, the casino draws 20 balls (numbers) at random.
"Paytables" are series of pay scale choices that are set by the casino. The more numbers drawn match the numbers selected on the ticket the more the player is paid. Players will find a wide variation of keno paytables from casino to casino and a large deviation in the house edge set for each of those paytables. Two identical keno paytables can hardly be found.
The house edge can vary from less than 4% to 66%.
The game of keno, which has the features of Bingo and any lottery, is nowadays popular all over the world. Keno appeared in China in 187 BC. But the appearance of keno is wrapped in a mystery. Several different versions exist.
The most commonly taken opinion is that Cheung Leung invented this game when his army ran out of money during some war. The citizens refused to contribute additional funds to the fruitless cause of the war. So the emperor tried to work out a strategy of generating the necessary finances. After some considerations he created the game of keno, which immediately got very popular and thus profitable for the state. Thus Cheung's army was saved. It is also credited for providing resources and helping to fund the massive undertaking of building the Great Wall! Later keno was known as the White Pigeon game as people of surrounding villages were informed of the winning numbers by carrier pigeons.
In the past rather than having a board of just numbers on the original keno boards, they used classic Chinese characters. The total of 120 characters was used in the game but the number reduced to 80 in the long run.
Keno appeared in the US in the 19th century as a lot of Chinese people came there to work on the railroads. Although initially outlawed, Keno continued to be played in secrecy by these new immigrants. It continued to use Chinese characters and thus obviously didn't enter popular mainstream American culture until it was modified to include the numerical system.
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| Keno uses a large board marked with the numbers 1 to 80. Keno is played in much the same fashion as most national and state lotteries around the world. Keno is played in much the same fashion as most national and state lotteries around the world. |
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