Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast response for the economic calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno 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 smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally played with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.