Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the financial calamity and to produce revenue for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.