Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with eighty numbers in just about all of American based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.