Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his military. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you will hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.