Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his military. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with just 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the hope that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.