Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid response for the economic disaster and to create income for his military. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select 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 has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.