Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic calamity and to create money for his army. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out 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 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.