Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic disaster and to acquire revenue for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts 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 dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.