Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the economic disaster and to create money for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally bet on with eighty numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.