Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic adversity and to acquire revenue for his military. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could hit quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets 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 more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.