Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the economic adversity and to produce money for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with 80 numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is always the possibility that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.