Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the financial adversity and to create revenue for his military. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.