Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid response for the financial disaster and to produce income for his army. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you might win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.