Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the economic adversity and to create revenue for his military. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with eighty numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.