Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to create money for his military. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.