Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the financial calamity and to acquire income for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with 80 numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.