Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the financial adversity and to produce money for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with just 80 numbers in just about all of the US based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea 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 gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.