Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the economic calamity and to create income for his forces. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.