Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the economic adversity and to produce money for his forces. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble 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 has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept 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, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.