Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic adversity and to acquire revenue for his military. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with eighty numbers in almost all of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want 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 close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept 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 wagering, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.