Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the financial disaster and to produce money for his military. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with just 80 numbers in just about all of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.