Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the financial disaster and to create money for his forces. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.