Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid response for the economic disaster and to produce revenue for his army. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.